Aurélien Lechevallier

Aurélien Lechevallier entered the French foreign ministry in 2004 after studying at HEC, Sciences Po, and the École nationale d'administration. His early work concerned international cooperation. An exchange at the U.S. State Department in 2007 was followed by service as first secretary at the French embassy in Washington from 2008 to 2010. In Beirut he combined diplomatic work with direction of the French Institute and cultural cooperation. ¹

He later advised the French presidency on environmental diplomacy and the City of Paris on international affairs. After work in the foreign ministry's policy planning staff, he became deputy diplomatic adviser to President Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as ambassador to South Africa from 2019 to 2022, then directed global affairs at the foreign ministry while coordinating preparations for G7 and G20 meetings. ¹

Lechevallier became the foreign minister's chief of staff in 2024 and returned to Washington as ambassador in 2026. ¹