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Bernard Émié (born 6 September, 1958) is a senior French diplomat. Emié previously served as the director of the General Directorate for External Security (DGSE) (French: Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure), France's main external intelligence agency from June 2017 until January 2024. He was also the French ambassador in five countries (Algeria, United Kingdom, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan) from 1998 to 2017.


Career

Emié graduated with a
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in 1979 from
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, before going up to the
École nationale d'administration The (; ENA; ) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by the then Provisional Government of the French Republic, provisional chief of government Charles de Gaulle and principal co-author of the Constitution of France, 1958 Constitution M ...
(ÉNA). He joined the French Foreign Ministry as a Secretary in 1983. He served as
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in New Delhi, India (1984–86), before being seconded by
Jean-Bernard Raimond Jean-Bernard Raimond (; 6 February 1926 – 7 March 2016) was a conservative French politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of Jacques Chirac from 1986 to 1988, as French ambassador to a number of states from the 1970s to t ...
to the
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. Emié was promoted as counsellor at the French embassy in Washington, D.C., United States, before returning to duties at the French foreign ministry as deputy director for North Africa and the Middle East. Emié served as private secretary (1993–95) to
Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the c ...
, and as
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to President
Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, ; ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Pari ...
. During the
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he gave the order to allow Rwanda genocide perpetrators to flee. In 1998, he was appointed ambassador to the Jordan and, in 2002, was given the responsibility of being France's director of North Africa and the Middle Eastern affairs. In 2004, he was appointed as French ambassador to the Lebanon. Emié served as ambassador to Turkey from 2007 until 2011 and as French ambassador to London from 2011 until 2014, before being posted as French ambassador to Algeria. He was the head of the
DGSE The Directorate-General for External Security (, , DGSE) is France's foreign intelligence agency, equivalent to the British MI6 and the American CIA, established on 27 November 1943. The DGSE safeguards French national security through intellige ...
, the French foreign intelligence agency, from June 2017 until his replacement in January 2024.


Personal life

Bernard Emié, of Belgian descent, married on 30 September 1989 Isabelle, only daughter of François de Chabannes (marquis de La Palice de Tournon), by whom he has two daughters (Constance & Pauline) and one son (Louis).


Honours and decorations

* ''Officier'',
Ordre national du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...
* ''Chevalier'', Ordre de la Légion d'honneur **
Médaille d’honneur pour acte de courage et de dévouement The Honour medal for courage and devotion () is a French decoration than can be bestowed to individuals and whole units. It is awarded for acts of courage during a rescue. The Honour medal for courage and devotion was created on 2 March 1820 by ...
** Chevalier du Tastevin * Honorary Knight Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order () is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the m ...


References


External links


Missions
www.embassypages.com


Medaille honneur affaires
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