Maurice Gourdault-Montagne

Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (2012)
Ambassador of France to China
In office 20 August 2014 – 2017
President	François Hollande
Preceded by	Sylvie Bermann
Succeeded by	Jean-Maurice Ripert
Ambassador of France to Germany
In office 2011–2014
President	Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande
Preceded by	Bernard de Montferrand
Succeeded by	Philippe Étienne
Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
In office 2007–2011
President	Nicolas Sarkozy
Preceded by	Gérard Errera
Succeeded by	Bernard Émié
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-16) 16 November 1953 Paris, France
Alma mater	Sciences Po Panthéon-Assas University
Profession	Diplomat

Maurice Gourdault-Montagne CMG, CVO (born on 16 November 1953) is a career diplomat and former French Ambassador to China, Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Career

Gourdault-Montagne joined the French Foreign Ministry in 1978. He served as first secretary at the French embassy in New Delhi (1981–83), counsellor in Bonn (1988–91), then as spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry (1991–93) and deputy private secretary to the minister of foreign affairs (1993–95).

He became private secretary and head of Prime Minister Alain Juppé's office (1995–97).

He then served as the ambassador to Japan (1998–2002) and became senior diplomatic advisor and G8 sherpa to the French President Jacques Chirac (2002–07).

Gourdault-Montagne was appointed as French ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2007 and became ambassador to Germany on 14 March 2011.

On 20 August 2014, he was appointed ambassador to China, from which post he retired in 2017.

His memoirs, entitled "Les autres ne pensent pas comme nous" were published in 2022 by the Bouquins firm.