Marc Fonbaustier (born 30 June 1964 in Saint-Vallier, France) is a French diplomat, Deputy Managing Director of Agence de Coopération Médias (subsidiary of France Médias Monde) since September 2017, France Ambassador to Togo from 2014 to 2017, and General Consul of France to Hong-Kong and Macau from 2009 to 2010.
Biography Education Marc Fonbaustier attended the Lycée Henri-IV. He graduated from Sciences Po in 1985 with a major in Civil service. In 1986, he studied financial markets management, future markets and commodities markets at the Paris Dauphine University. He passed the admission tests of the École nationale d'administration in 1988, and started his curriculum after his two-year civil service at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. Marc Fonbaustier graduated from the École nationale d'administration within the Condorcet promotion (1992). CV de Marc Fonbaustier, Vdocuments.mx Arrêté du 12 mars 1990 portant nomination d'élèves à l'Ecole nationale d'administration, Legifrance.gouv.fr, 17 March 1990
European affairs Marc Fonbaustier started at the Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs as a scribe for the Legal Affairs Department, in charge of issues such as nuclear energy,Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 22 December 1995., European Court reports 1995 Page II-03051Case T-219/95 R (French Nuclear Tests) - Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 22 December 1995 Case T-219/95 R, Globelaw.com, 22 December 1995 outer-space affairs, the Channel tunnel and other trans-boundaries issues. In 1996, he was nominated a national expert of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in position at the European Commission. In 1999, he was appointed Counsellor at the French Permanent Representation to the EU, in charge of relations with the European Parliament.Marc Fonbaustier named CFI’s Deputy Managing Director, Cfi.fr, 5 September 2017
Diplomatic representation In 2001, Marc Fonbaustier was appointed political counsellor at the French embassy in Rome, Italy. In 2006, he was nominated Minister Counsellor at the French embassy in India. Nomminations au Journal officiel de la République française - Marc Fonbaustier, Steinertriples.frDeepak Arora, India is a strategic partner, a world partner: Girard, Thetribuneonline.com, 10 September 2005
In 2009, he was nominated Consul general of France in Hong-Kong and Macau., Macau Daily Times, 5 October 2010 Compte-rendu de mandat Septembre 2008 à juillet 2011, Richardyung.fr He was expelled from the Hong Kong Country Club in 2010 for stealing two bottles of wine. In 2011, he became Head of the "Situation Center" at the Crisis management department of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. From 2014 to 2017, Marc Fonbaustier was France Ambassador to Togo. Togo : l’ambassadeur de France Marc Fonbaustier laisse la place à Marc Vizy, Jeuneafrique.com, 21 June 2017
In 2017, he was named Deputy Managing Director of Agence de Coopération Médias (subsidiary of France Médias Monde).
Honours 2010: Knight of the Ordre national du MériteMarc Fonbaustier, Knight of L’Ordre National du Mérite, Hongkong.consulfrance.org, 4 October 2010
See also List of ambassadors of France Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs France Médias Monde
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