Born in Paris in 1946, Laurent Fabius is a graduate of the Ecole normale supérieure and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration.

Agrégé de lettres and former member of the Conseil d’Etat, he has held several government positions in France: Minister of the Budget, Minister of Industry and Research, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Prime Minister (1984-1986).

He was a Member of Parliament and twice President of the French National Assembly, from 1988 to 1992, then from 1997 to 2000.

In 2015, as President of COP 21, he played a crucial role in the negotiations and success of the Paris Climate Agreement, the first universal agreement to combat climate change.

From 2016 to March 2025, he was President of the Constitutional Council of the French Republic and was appointed in April 2025 President of the circle of Cops’ Presidencies.

He is also the author of various books on national and international public life, as well as on art.