Frédéric Mion | |
Office: | Director of Sciences Po |
Term Start: | 2 April 2013 |
Term End: | 9 February 2021 |
Predecessor: | Richard Descoings |
Successor: | Mathias Vicherat |
Office2: | Master of Requests of the Council of State |
Term Start2: | 1999 |
Term End2: | 2019 |
Office3: | Auditor of the Council of State |
Term Start3: | 1996 |
Term End3: | 1999 |
Birth Date: | 30 August 1969 |
Birth Place: | Montpellier, France |
Nationality: | French |
Education: | Lycée Henri-IV |
Alma Mater: | École normale supériere Sciences Po Princeton University École nationale d'administration |
Profession: | Civil servant, lawyer |
Frédéric Mion (in French pronounced as /fʁedeʁik mjɔ̃/; born 30 August 1969) is a French civil servant, and former director of Sciences Po. Formerly, he was Secretary-General of Canal+.[1]
Student at the lycée du Mas de Tesse in Montpellier, where he was awarded the French Baccalauréat,[2] Mion went on to classes préparatoires at the Lycée Henri-IV, before integrating the École normale supérieure from which he graduated in 1988.[3] [4] Frédéric Mion then studied Public Affairs at Sciences Po, earning a Master's degree in 1992.[5] After a brief period at Princeton University, he joined the École nationale d'administration (ENA), from which he graduated first in his class of the promotion Victor-Schœlcher in 1996.
In January 2021, it was revealed he knew about child abuse for 2 years before it was published in a book that brought it to international attention.[6] In February 2021, in light of new details emerging from the Duhamel affair, Mion resigned as Director of Sciences Po.[7]