ÃÂtienne de Poncins (born 6 March 1964) is a French diplomat, serving since August 2023 as the Ambassador of France to Poland.
De Poncins was noted as one of the last-remaining senior diplomats in Ukraine (having re-located to Lviv) amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; engaged in distributing French aid to Ukraine. De Poncins told Politico that "you are here in the difficult moments and hours. I would have felt very bad if I had left." De Poncins returned to Kyiv and re-opened the French embassy in the capital on 15 April.
De Poncins graduated from Sciences Po and ÃÂcole nationale d'administration and also has a degree in history from the University of Paris.
He has served in various posting as French Ambassador; firstly to Bulgaria (2007âÂÂ2010), then to Kenya (2010âÂÂ2013) and simultaneously Somalia, and to Ukraine (2019-2023).