From 2011 to 2019, Sylvie Bermann was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France in three UN Security Council member countries : China (2011-2014), the United Kingdom (2014-2017) and Russia (2017-2019). She is always the first woman to hold this position.

She is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the IHEDN (Institut des hautes études de défense nationale).

Languages spoken: French and English 

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