Speaker — Neptune Forum 2026
Éléonore Caroit
Ministre déléguée, chargée de la Francophonie, des Partenariats internationaux et des Français de l’étranger
French Minister Delegate for Francophonie, International Partnerships and French Nationals Abroad
Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères
Éléonore Caroit has been French Minister Delegate for Francophonie, International Partnerships and French Nationals Abroad, under the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, since October 2025. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris (2008) and holder of a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School (2010), she is a member of the Bars of Paris, New York and Geneva.
She began her career as a legal adviser at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier before practising as a lawyer at the firms Weil Gotshal and Manges, Castaldi Mourre & Partners and then Lalive, where she specialised in international arbitration. In 2021, she became a partner at MGC Arbitration, a role she ceased in 2022.
Committed to representing French nationals living abroad, she served as a councillor on the Assembly of French Citizens Abroad until 2022 and has been a Member of Parliament representing French nationals established outside France for the 2nd constituency since 2022. She has been Vice-Chair of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee since 2023 and also sits on the Board of Directors of the Agence française de développement.
