Biography

Catherine Colonna, Minister delegate for European Affairs
Born on 16 April 1956 in Tours (Indre-et-Loire)

Education

• Masters degree in Law
• 1978: Diploma in advanced public law
• 1980: Graduate of the Paris Institut d’études politiques
• 1983: Graduate of the Ecole nationale d’administration (“Solidarité” Year)

Ministerial office

• 1983-1989: Foreign Ministry ( secrétaire des affaires étrangères )
• 1995-2004: Spokesperson for the Presidency of the Republic

POolitical office

• 1988-1989: Adviser in the Office of the Minister for Capital Works and Housing
• 1989-1995: Foreign Ministry, second counsellor for foreign affairs
• 1995-2005: Foreign Ministry, first counsellor for foreign affairs
• 2004: Director-General of the Centre national de la cinématographie [national cinematography centre] at the Ministry of Culture and Communication