ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY
The Academic Council is a consultative body responsible for issuing opinions on all matters concerning training, research and consulting activities. It is also consulted on the recruitment of staff. It meets at least once a year to propose general policy guidelines for AMD's activities.
Paul Poudade was a professor of International Relations at the Institut des Études Politiques de Sciences-Po Paris, and Director of the "Protocol and Diplomatic Practice" program at the ADI. He was Chief of Protocol of the President of the French Republic, and Ambassador of France to Guatemala, Hungary, and Turkey. He held various diplomatic positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the French Delegation to the United Nations in New York (1971-2007). In 2010, he was appointed assessor to the National Court of Asylum. Mr. Poudade is also director of the "Diplomatic Protocol" program at the Académie des Métiers de la Diplomatie, and conducts consulting missions and teaches courses specifically on diplomatic and international protocol and practices.
