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Consul general for France in San Francisco to address BYU students Jan. 25

Romain Serman, consul general for France in San Francisco, will discuss "France, the European Union and the United States" Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building hosted by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University.

Serman was appointed consul general in June 2010. He had been secretary general in charge of organizing the Summit of Heads of State and the France-Africa Ministerial meeting (Africa and Indian Ocean) in December 2009 and worked with the president of the French Republic as a technical advisor to the diplomatic cell from 2007 to 2009).

A native of Saint-Mandé, France, he graduated from the University Centre of Policy Studies, Nancy, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and is an alumnus of the École Nationale d’Administration.

The lecture will be archived at kennedy.byu.edu/archive.  For more information, contact Lee Simons at (801) 422-2652, lee_simons@byu.edu

Writer: Lee Simons

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Photo by David M. Kennedy Center

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