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Maxime Lefebvre is a diplomat and professor in International and European Affairs at Sciences Po Paris and ESCP Europe (Business School). Since February 2017, he has been Ambassador for the inter-state commission and for cross-border cooperation.
He began his career at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994 and was posted in Mr Védrine’s private office, in the French Embassy in Berlin and in the French permanent representation to the EU. He was Director of international relations in the ENA, deputy director of the policy planning staff of the French MFA, Ambassador to the OSCE (Vienna), Ambassador to Cross Boundary Cooperation in the French MFA. He has also worked in the French think tank Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) and has written several books and articles about European Policy and International Relations.
He is a former student of the National School of Administration (ENA), a graduate of the prominent business school, École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), and of Sciences Po Paris. He also has a Master’s Degree in History (Paris Sorbonne) and a Ph.D. in Political science / International relations (Paris Panthéon Assas University).
He began his career at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994 and was posted in Mr Védrine’s private office, in the French Embassy in Berlin and in the French permanent representation to the EU. He was Director of international relations in the ENA, deputy director of the policy planning staff of the French MFA, Ambassador to the OSCE (Vienna), Ambassador to Cross Boundary Cooperation in the French MFA. He has also worked in the French think tank Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) and has written several books and articles about European Policy and International Relations.
He is a former student of the National School of Administration (ENA), a graduate of the prominent business school, École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), and of Sciences Po Paris. He also has a Master’s Degree in History (Paris Sorbonne) and a Ph.D. in Political science / International relations (Paris Panthéon Assas University).