Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to France since May 2024, Ian Sielecki is a diplomat whose career has focused on fostering transatlantic dialogue and promoting high-level international debates among policymakers, academics, and leading public intellectuals. Prior to his appointment, he co-founded and chaired Polemix (2020–2023), a platform dedicated to generating discussions between prominent global thinkers and their communities, bringing together distinguished intellectual and political figures. He previously served as Head of Speechwriting and Strategy for Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, contributing to the conceptualization of foreign policy and to the development of the bilateral relationship with France. Earlier, he advised the President of Argentina on international speeches and strategic messaging. He also collaborated on Emmanuel Macron’s presidential campaign in 2016–2017 and co-organized The New York Times Athens Democracy Forum, where he led the Debate and Youth divisions. As founder of the Transatlantic Debating Association, he organized exchanges among leading Western universities on transatlantic issues. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the University of Cambridge, he regularly publishes on Franco-Argentine relations and is fluent in Spanish and French, and speaks English, Italian, and Portuguese.
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