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Hubert Védrine

Former French Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Former French Foreign Affairs Minister and Secretary General of the Élysée Palace, Hubert Védrine is one of the most respected voices in French geopolitics. A leading strategic analyst, he illuminates international issues with clarity and independence.


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#Leadership
#Diplomacy

 

Spoken languages : French (native), English (fluent)

 

After serving as spokesperson for the French Presidency for three years, Hubert Védrine was appointed Secretary General of the Élysée Palace in 1991. Previously, he served as Administrator of the Élysée from 1982 to 1986. He was then appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2002, under the government of Lionel Jospin.

In 2018, he published Comptes à rebours (Fayard). In March 2019, a reissue of Saving Europe was published; The essay is then rewritten and updated, its title Facing Chaos, Saving Europe.

In October 2019, he published with his son Laurent Védrine Olrik, the unauthorized biography (Fayard).m

 

In June 2020, he published an essay, ‘Et après?’, (Fayard). Then the following year in February 2021, he published his Dictionary of Geopolitics Love (Plon, Fayard).

Mr. Védrine also has a bachelor’s degree in history and is a former student of the National School of Administration (ENA).

 

Conference themes:

International relations

globalization

the challenges of new emerging powers

the keys to geopolitics

macroeconomics

 

Spoken languages: French, English

videos

bibliography

  • Dictionnaire amoureux de la géopolique

  • Et après ?