Roland Dubertrand, an advisor for Religious Affairs of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be analyzing in what way French diplomacy took religion into account as a factor as a result of the French Law for Separation of Church and State of 1905. Elements such as the national interest and the legacy of the past were essential at that time, as they were as of the 1970’s with the return of “the religious” on the international scene. The conference speaker will be explaining what tools we have available at this time and will deal with the current challenges involving the topics of foreign policy and religions.

This conference is taking place on Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Casa Árabe auditorium in Madrid (at Calle Alcalá, 62). The conference will be given in French with simultaneous translation into Spanish. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.

Holder of a degree in Public Law and a diploma from the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, as well as being a former student of the French National School of Administration, after studying at the National School of Administration from 1984 to 1986, Mr. Dubertrand was named Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1986. From 1986 to 1989, he worked in the central administration in the North Africa and Middle East Department. He was second advisor at the Embassy of France in Managua from 1989 to 1991. From 1991 to 1992, he held the position of technical advisor on the Cabinet of the French Minister of Culture and Communication. In 1991, he was second advisor of the Embassy of France in Tehran, a position which he also held from 1997 to 2000 at the Embassy of France in Pretoria. He was the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France in Santo Domingo from 2008 to 2011. Since September 2011, he has been an advisor on Religious Affairs in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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