Nicolas Warnery has been serving as the French Ambassador to Romania since 8 September 2023, having presented his credentials to the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, on 12 October 2023.

A graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, the University of Paris-Panthéon-Sorbonne, and of the National School of Administration (class of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, 1989), Ambassador Warnery has had a distinguished career in French diplomacy. He began his career in 1993 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, within the Directorate of Strategic, Security, and Disarmament Affairs.

In 1995, he was appointed Second Counselor at the French Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia, followed by his role in 1999 as Deputy Director of Security and Protection of Persons in the Directorate of French Nationals Abroad and Foreign Nationals in France.

In 2002, Warnery became Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, a significant role in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, later taking on the role of Director of Information Systems at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2011, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Togo, a role he held until 2014. He then returned to Paris as Inspector of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2016, and subsequently served as Director of French Nationals Abroad in the consular administration from 2016 to 2019.

Prior to his current role in Romania, Ambassador Warnery was the French Ambassador to Vietnam from 2019 to July 2023.

He is a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor and an Officer of the National Order of Merit.