H.E. Frédéric Mondoloni was born on 23rd September 1971 and graduated from the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris and the National School of Administration (ENA), as part of the “Valmi” generation, in 1998.
He began his professional diplomatic career in 1998, in the Directorate for North Africa and the Middle East, and then served from 2000 to 2002 in the Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament. During 2002-3 he was an exchange diplomat at the State Department in Washington, and from 2003 to 2005 he held the post of the first secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of France in Washington. From 2005 to 2007 he was a technical advisor in the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister, and from 2007 to 2009 Mr Mondoloni served as a diplomatic advisor in the Cabinet of the Minister of Defence. From 2009 to 2013 he was Director of the Office for Strategic and External Relations and Director of International Relations at the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), after which he transferred to the position of governor for France at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna (2009-2013). Prior to his arrival in Serbia, Mr Mondoloni was Counsellor-Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of France in Moscow (2013-2017).
Apart from his native French, Ambassador Mondoloni speaks English, Italian and Russian.