Raphaël Dang began his duties as the Consul General of France in Vancouver in September 2025. His jurisdiction covers British Colombia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and the Northwestern Territories.

Following higher education in Political Science, Public affairs, Economy, Italian and Chinese, Raphaël Dang has worked for the French Central Bank and then joined the French diplomatic service in 2013, where he started as a desk officer and negotiator on Sustainable development and climate change at the General Directorate for Globalization and partnerships.

In 2016, he was promoted as head of the team on EU development policies. He then served in the United Nations and International Organizations Department in Paris on Security Council negotiations. He then joined the Permanent mission of France to the United Nations in New York in 2017.

After four years in New York, he moved to Rome and the French Embassy to Italy where he served as counsellor on foreign policy and strategic affairs.

In November 2022, he joined Minister Catherine Colonna’s private office, as counsellor on United Nations, multilateral, global and legal affairs. He was then appointed in the same position in the private offices of the two following Ministers of Europe and Foreign Affairs: Stéphane Séjourné and Jean-Noël Barrot.

Raphaël DANG has also taught international relations and Asian and Far East civilizations at Sciences Po Paris from 2013 to 2017.