# Christophe Fournier

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**Dr. Christophe Fournier** was the formal president of the [Médecins Sans Frontières](/source/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res) organisation (MSF).

## Career

Fournier received an [M.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) from the [Université d'Auvergne](/source/University_of_Auvergne) in [Clermont-Ferrand](/source/Clermont-Ferrand), [France](/source/France), and holds a [degree](/source/Academic_degree) in [tropical medicine](/source/Tropical_medicine), [epidemiology](/source/Epidemiology) and [biostatistics](/source/Biostatistics).[1] He has worked as a [doctor](/source/Physician) or [head of mission](/source/Head_of_mission) in field projects in [Burundi](/source/Burundi), [Uganda](/source/Uganda), [Honduras](/source/Honduras) and [Chile](/source/Chile), as well as conducting emergency exploratory missions in [Mexico](/source/Mexico) and [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela). In 2000, he became MSF's operations manager, working in the [United States](/source/United_States), and managing field programs in [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), [Haiti](/source/Haiti), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Sudan](/source/Sudan), [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar) and [Thailand](/source/Thailand). He became president in December 2006.[2]

## References

Fournier, Christophe. 2009. [Statement from Dr. Christophe Fournier, President of MSF International Council, on MSF expulsions from Darfur, Sudan](https://web.archive.org/web/20110725171651/http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=3468&cat=video). Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Christophe Fournier"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071009003621/http://www.biovision.org/CV_fournier.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.biovision.org/CV_fournier.html) on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["NATO Speech - Christophe Fournier,9 December 2009 on Médecins Sans Frontières"](https://www.msf.org/nato-speech-christophe-fournier).

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