Étienne de Poncins
Étienne de Poncins is a French diplomat, serving since August 2023 as the Ambassador of France to Poland.
De Poncins was noted as one of the last-remaining senior diplomats in Ukraine amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; engaged in distributing French aid to Ukraine. De Poncins told Politico that "you are here in the difficult moments and hours. I would have felt very bad if I had left." De Poncins returned to Kyiv and re-opened the French embassy in the capital on 15 April.
Education and career
De Poncins graduated from Sciences Po and École nationale d'administration and also has a degree in history from the University of Paris.He has served in various posting as French Ambassador; firstly to Bulgaria, then to Kenya and simultaneously Somalia, and to Ukraine.