Luis Vassy | |
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.jpg) Vassy in 2019 | |
| Director ofSciences Po | |
| Assumed office 20 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mathias Vicherat Jean Bassères (interim) |
| Permanent representative of France to theOPCW | |
| In office 9 September 2019 – 27 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe Lalliot |
| Succeeded by | François Alabrune |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (age 45) Fontenay-sous-Bois,France |
| Alma mater | ENS Cachan Sciences Po ENA |
Luis Vassy (born 10 January 1980) is a French high ranking civil servant, diplomat, and director ofSciences Po.[1]
He was the cabinet director to theMinister for Europe and Foreign Affairs between July 2022 and July 2024. Prior to that he served as Ambassador of France to the Netherlands and permanent representative to theOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons from 2019 until 2022. In September 2024, he was named the director ofSciences Po Paris.[2]
Vassy was born on 10 January 1980 inFontenay-sous-Bois, an eastern suburb of Paris inÎle-de-France. The son of an Uruguayan agricultural engineer father and an Argentine legal expert mother, both political refugees, he grew up in low-rent housing in Fontenay-sous-Bois.[3][4] He studied at theLycée Louis-le-Grand.[5] He is a graduate of theÉcole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay andSciences Po. He is an alum of theÉcole nationale d'administration, where he was classmates with future-President of France,Emmanuel Macron and his predecessor at Sciences Po,Mathias Vicherat.[6]
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From July 2022 to July 2024, Vassy was the chief of staff of the ministers of Foreign AffairsCatherine Colonna andStéphane Séjourné.[7]