Bernard Bajolet

Bernard Bajolet (born 21 May 1949)[1] is a French diplomat and civil servant. On 10 April 2013 he was appointed as head of the French secret service, the Directorate-General for External Security (Direction générale des services extérieurs). He was the French Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2013.

Bernard Bajolet
Director of the Directorate-General for External Security
In office
10 April 2013 – 20 May 2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Personal details
Born (1949-05-21) 21 May 1949
Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materSciences Po, ÉNA
ProfessionDiplomat

Early life

Bajolet was born in 1949 at Dombasle-sur-Meurthe and went to Lycée Henri Poincaré in Nancy, France.[1] He then studied at Paris' Sciences Po, and graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 1975. That same year he joined the diplomatic service.[1]

Diplomatic career[1]
  • 1975-1978: Deuxième Secrétaire and then Premier Secrétaire at Algiers
  • 1978-1979: at the Administration centrale (Information and Press for European issues)
  • 1979-1981: au Cabinet du Secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires Etrangères, responsible for relations with the European Parliament
  • 1981-1985: deuxième Conseiller at Rome
  • 1985-1986: at Harvard University
  • 1986-1990: deuxième Conseiller at Damascus
  • 1991-1994: at the Administration Centrale, (Directeur Adjoint for North Africa and the Middle East)
  • 1991: Special envoy to the Madrid Conference of 1991
  • 1994-1998: French ambassador to Jordan
  • 1999-2003: Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sept. 2003-Aug. 2006: Chief of the section of French interests and then Ambassador to Iraq
  • Nov. 2006-2008: Ambassador and High Representative to Algeria
  • July 2008-Feb. 2011: coordinator of intelligence for President Nicolas Sarkozy as head of the Conseil national du renseignement
  • 2011-2013: Ambassador to Afghanistan

References
  1. "Biographie de M. Bernard Bajolet". The French Embassy in Algeria. Archived from the original on 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
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