Yerevan /Mediamax/. 54-year-old Stephane Visconti has been appointed the French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group for NK conflict settlement.

He will replace Pierre Andrieu on this position.

Stephane Visconti was born in 1962 in Paris. He studied business management at ESSEC Business School.

In 1987-1989 he worked as economic and finance consultant at Booz Allen, and in 1989-1994 he was Director of International Development at Club Med.

In 1994 he started working at the Ministry Foreign of Affairs of France, and in 1998 he became Diplomatic Adviser to Lionel Jospin, then French Prime Minister.

In 2002 Stephane Visconti was Consul General of France in St. Petersburg.

In 2005-2008 he worked as International Relations Adviser to Paris Mayor.

In 2008-2011 he was Consul of France in Munich.

In 2012 he was Secretary General of the French delegation at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly. 

From 2013 to 17 October 2016 Stephane Visconti was French Ambassator to Latvia.

Apart from native French, he is fluent in Russian, German, and English. He also speaks Italian, Swedish, Georgian and Turkish. During his work in Latvia, Stephane Visconti surprised many people by his fluency in Russian. He said that his favourite writer is Pushkin.

“I was raised on the best examples of Russian literature, which was of great help. It helps me now too. I feel quite at ease in Russian cultural sphere,” he said.

According to Stephane Visconti, speaking multiple languages “is a tool of freedom too”.

For significant contribution to strengthening of France-Latvia ties, President of Latvia awarded Stephane Visconti the Order of the Three Stars.