Catherine Colonna
Catherine Colonna (born April 16, 1956 in Saint-Symphorien , Département Indre-et-Loire ) is a French politician and diplomat, most recently with the rank of ambassador.
Career
In addition to an advanced degree (DEA) in public law, Colonna has diplomas from the Political School Sciences Po and the ENA . In the early 1980s, she entered the foreign service and began her professional career as a diplomat at the French Embassy in Washington in the Press and Information Department. After moving to the Department of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she took on a role as a consultant on technical issues under Maurice Faure, Minister of Equipment, in 1988. Two years later, in 1990, she returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this time within the Directorate for Communication and Information.
From 1993 under the Foreign Minister Alain Juppé and his chief of staff Dominique de Villepin , she managed to acquire special merits, so that she was appointed deputy press spokeswoman.
When Jacques Chirac moved into the presidential palace in 1995, he appointed Catherine Colonna as his press spokeswoman. When, more than nine years later, she expressed her wish to be retired from this position, she was offered the position of director of the Center national de la cinématographie , which she held from September 2004.
With the cabinet reshuffle in June 2005 as a result of the rejection of the European Constitution by referendum, she assumed her own portfolio for the first time as Minister Delegate for European Affairs within the government of Dominique de Villepin, which she held until May 15, 2007.
On March 26, 2008 she was appointed French ambassador to UNESCO . She has been working for the Brunswick Group since 2010.
Since May 20, 2008, she has been a voluntary member of the board of the newly founded Fondation Jacques Chirac pour le développement durable et le dialogue des cultures (German: Jacques Chirac Foundation for Sustainable Development and Cultural Dialogue).
From 2014 to the beginning of September 2017 she was the French ambassador to Italy.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colonna, Catherine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Symphorien (Tours) |