Helene Conway-Mouret

Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces, Member of the French Senate, France

Warsaw Security Forum

Politician and university professor. Senator representing the French abroad since 2011 (re-elected in 2017 and 2023). Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee; Rapporteur for the Armed Forces equipment budget (since 2017) and the Official Development Assistance budget (2014-2017). Vice-President of the French Senate (2018-2020). Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs, in charge of French abroad (2012-2014). President of the France-Caribbean friendship group; vice-president of the France-West Africa, France-Central Africa, France-Ireland, France-Lebanon, France-Morocco, France-Monaco, France-Gulf countries and France-Vanuatu and Pacific Islands groups; secretary of the France-Taiwan group. Former director of the International sector of the Fondation Jean Jaurès; now advisor to President Jean-Marc Ayrault. Member of the Socialist Party (since 1997) and PS’s National Secretary for National Defense. Member of the Board of Directors of the Agence pour l’enseignement français à l’étranger (AEFE) and the Institut français; member of the Fondation Jean-Monnet pour l’Europe, the Maison de l’Europe and the Assemblée des femmes; member of the associations « Les chemins de la russet » and « Excision parlons-en ». Auditor for the 62nd session of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN), reserve colonel in the French Air Force and member of the ADER network (since 2011).

Helene Conway-Mouret

Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces, Member of the French Senate, France

Warsaw Security Forum

Politician and university professor. Senator representing the French abroad since 2011 (re-elected in 2017 and 2023). Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee; Rapporteur for the Armed Forces equipment budget (since 2017) and the Official Development Assistance budget (2014-2017). Vice-President of the French Senate (2018-2020). Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs, in charge of French abroad (2012-2014). President of the France-Caribbean friendship group; vice-president of the France-West Africa, France-Central Africa, France-Ireland, France-Lebanon, France-Morocco, France-Monaco, France-Gulf countries and France-Vanuatu and Pacific Islands groups; secretary of the France-Taiwan group. Former director of the International sector of the Fondation Jean Jaurès; now advisor to President Jean-Marc Ayrault. Member of the Socialist Party (since 1997) and PS’s National Secretary for National Defense. Member of the Board of Directors of the Agence pour l’enseignement français à l’étranger (AEFE) and the Institut français; member of the Fondation Jean-Monnet pour l’Europe, the Maison de l’Europe and the Assemblée des femmes; member of the associations « Les chemins de la russet » and « Excision parlons-en ». Auditor for the 62nd session of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN), reserve colonel in the French Air Force and member of the ADER network (since 2011).