Place of birth Paris. In 1972 he graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Science, in 1973 from Columbia University (New York), and in 1981 from the Paris National School of Public Administration.

1974-1977 Was the third secretary of the French embassy in Rome; 1977-1980 - Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations; 1980-1984 - Employee of the Analysis and Forecasting Center of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1984-1988 - First Secretary of the French Embassy in Washington; 1988-1989 - First Secretary of the European Conference on Security and Co-operation in Vienna; 1989-1992 - Second Counselor at the French Embassy in the Republic of Chad; 1992-1993 - First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of France to the Euro-Atlantic Council (Brussels); 1993-1996 - Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the Western European Union (Brussels); 1996-1998 - Adviser to the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France; 1997-1998 - Inspector General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1998-2001 - Officer of the Strategy, Security and Disarmament Division of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 2001-2003 - Head of International and Strategic Affairs of the General Secretariat of National Defense of France; 2003-2004 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Georgia; 2004-2005 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia; 2006-2015 Professor at the French Institute of Political Science, 2010-2015. Head of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on Iran. Is the leader of the political union "Georgian Way" (2006); Parliament of Georgia of the 9th convocation, member (2016-2020).