ALEXANDRE ZIEGLER is the current Ambassador of France to India. He graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Institute of Political Studies) and holds a degree in history (the prestigious “Agrégation”). He is an alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure as well as the French National School of Administration (1995-1997).
In 1997, he was appointed to the permanent post of Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, followed by stints at the Strategic, Security and Disarmament Affairs Division, as Deputy Consul General in Hongkong, First Secretary in Berlin, Counsellor for Culture and Cooperation in Beijing, and Head of the Foreign Minister’s Political Office.