Bernard Fassier is a French diplomat, one of the current 3 co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group. He graduated from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy and Senior War College. He has a degree from the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales in

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and from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris in

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. Fassier finished his military career in 1986 as the Head of Operations and Training Department of the French Military Government in

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and joined the French Foreign Service in 1987. He held the position of Vice Director for the USSR (1987–1990), and worked in the French Embassies in

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(1990–1993),

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(1993–1997) and

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(1997–2002). In August 2002 he was appointed Senior Deputy High Representative of

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and Head of Rule of Law Unit.Curriculum Vitae
As the head of 'Rule of Law' pillar he was responsible for the restructuring of the

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's judicial system. In 2004 Bernard Fassier became one of the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, representing

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