Emmanuel Bonne
French diplomat (born 1970)
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Emmanuel Bonne (French: [emanɥɛl bɔn]; born 13 August 1970)[1] is a French career diplomat who has served as the diplomatic advisor to the President of France since 2019.[2][note 1] During his tenure under Emmanuel Macron he has been playing a role in various matters such as the 45th G7 summit, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, negotiations following the incarceration of Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal in Iran, Nord Stream 2 and the AUKUS pact,[3][4][5] as well as in bilateral relations with various countries.[6][7][8][9] A former ambassador, Bonne is a former political scientist specializing in issues of the Middle East.[1] He has been working as assistant professor at Marmara University, Public Management (in french) department in Istanbul/Turkey during 1993-1994.

Diplomatic career

Bonne is a graduate of the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies with a Diplôme d'études approfondies in Comparative politics. After working as a researcher at the CERMOC in Beirut he was admitted to the competitive examination as a Conseiller des affaires étrangères du cadre d'Orient in March 2000. Thereafter he has held several positions and diplomatic ranks:[1]
- 2000–2003: Rédacteur at the Central Administration (North Africa and Middle East)
- 2003–2006: Deuxième conseiller in Tehran
- 2006–2009: Premier conseiller in Riyadh
- 2009–2012: Deuxième conseiller at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations[10]
- 2012–2015: Advisor for North Africa and the Middle East in the diplomatic cell[11][note 2]
- 2015–2017: Ambassador to Lebanon[12]
- 2017–2019: Directeur de cabinet of the newly-reorganized Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs[12][13]
Publications
- Bonne, Emmanuel (1995). Vie publique, patronage et clientèle: Rafic Hariri à Saïda. Les Cahiers de l’IREMAM (in French). Aix-en-Provence: Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman. doi:10.4000/books.iremam.2811. ISBN 9782821830165. OCLC 911492452.
Awards
- Honour medal of Foreign Affairs (2004)[1]
- Officer of the National Order of the Cedar (2017)[12]
Notes
- The French name of the office of presidential diplomatic advisor is conseiller diplomatique.
- The diplomatic cell or cellule diplomatique is a group of about a dozen presidential diplomatic staff.