Mr De Villepin was prime minister of France from 2005 to 2007. His political career began in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980, in the department of African Affairs and the policy planning staff. Since then, he has held international positions in several embassies as Washington or New Delhi. 

From 1995 to 2002 he was chief of staff to the president of the Republic, before becoming minister of foreign affairs from 2002 to 2004 and minister of the interior, internal security and local rights from 2004 to 2005. Prime minister from 2005 to 2007, lawyer from 2008 to 2015. 

Since 2015, president of the consulting company Villepin International. Since 2008, he has been the president of Villepin International, a consulting firm to accompany the strategies for transnational investments and activities particularly in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. 

Born in Morocco in 1953, Mr De Villepin holds a B.A. in Law, and graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Sciences and the prestigious Ecole Nationale d’Administration. 

He is the author of many books, historical and political essays, as well as essays on literature and poetry.