Frédéric Mion
# Frédéric Mion

Frédéric Mion (French pronunciation: ​; born 30 August 1969) is a French civil servant, and former director of Sciences Po. Formerly, he was Secretary-General of Canal+.

## Biography

### Education

Student at the lycée du Mas de Tesse in Montpellier, where he was awarded the French Baccalauréat, Mion went on to classes préparatoires at the Lycée Henri-IV, before integrating the École normale supérieure from which he graduated in 1988. Frédéric Mion then studied Public Affairs at Sciences Po, earning a Master's degree in 1992. After a brief period at Princeton University, he joined the École nationale d'administration (ENA), from which he graduated first in his class of the promotion Victor-Schœlcher in 1996.

### Office

In January 2021, it was revealed he knew about child abuse for 2 years before it was published in a book that brought it to international attention. In February 2021, in light of new details emerging from the Duhamel affair, Mion resigned as Director of Sciences Po.

