European Conference
March 24th and 25th 2023 in Cambridge, MA

Philippe Etienne

Former Ambassador of France to the United States

Philippe Etienne was until February 2023 the Ambassador of France to the United States. He previously held numerous posts within the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, notably including Ambassador of France to Romania (2002-2005), Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (2007-2009), Permanent Representative of France to the European Union (2009-2014), Ambassador of France to Germany (2014-2017) and most recently, Diplomatic Adviser to the President (2017-2019). Philippe Etienne is an expert on the European Union and continental Europe. He has held posts in Moscow, Belgrade, Bucharest, Bonn, Berlin and Brussels. He has also served as an adviser in the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on several occasions. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (“Voltaire” Class, 1980), Philippe Etienne also holds the Agrégation (teaching diploma) in Mathematics, has a degree in Economics and is a graduate of the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Serbo-Croatian). He speaks English, German, Spanish, Russian and Romanian. He is a Commander of the Legion of Honor and a Commander of the National Order of Merit.

Speaker Schedule

Friday, March 24th, 2023

at the Harvard Law School (HLS) and Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS)
5:15pm – 6:15pm
Panel
Stronger Together: A Revitalized Transatlantic Relationship Philippe Etienne , Baiba Braže , Anna Wieslander , Sławomir Dębski Moderated by Stephen Walt
W436 (HKS)

Saturday, March 25 2023

at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
11:15am - 12:15pm
Panel
The European Green Deal and the Inflation Reduction Act: How Europe and the United States are Tackling the Climate Crisis Philippe Etienne , Rohan Patel Moderated by Catherine Wolfram
JFK Forum (HKS)