Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin

New Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin is expected to name Pierre Bédier the Gaullist member of parliament and Mayor of Mantes-la-Jolie as his Minister-Delegate for Cooperation and Francophonie alongside his European Affairs deputy Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres keeping the same structure as Védrine...

Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin hitherto Chirac's loyal Secretary General of the Presidency will have sole control of African affairs and of Francophone cultural issues; he is likely to continue the 'banalisation' of Africa begun by Alain Juppé as Foreign Minister when the urbane De Villepin was head of his office...

Dominique de Villepin Chirac's Secretary General at the Elysée is interested in Africa traditionally the President's domaine réservée...

Elysée Secretary General Dominique de Villepin argues for a milder policy: humanitarian aid distributed under the protection of a military force authorised by the UN and with elements from the USA Europe (including France) and Africa...

The ailing President has asked Chirac' s emissaries – former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua Elysée Secretary General Dominique de Villepin and Ambassador Fernand Wibaux – for mercenaries to help general Kpama Baramoto Kata' s Garde Civile...