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Biography

Jean-François BOHNERT is a French public prosecutor, head of the National Financial Prosecution Office in Paris since October 2019. Mr. BOHNERT graduated from Strasbourg University of Law in 1983 and was admitted to the National School of Judiciary in 1984.After a two years period of training he was appointed as junior public prosecutor in Strasbourg (1987/1993). After a secondment as prosecutor and investigating judge to the French military court in Germany, Mr. BOHNERT was appointed as a liaison magistrate to Germany (French Embassy and German federal ministry of justice in Bonn and Berlin – 1998/2003). He was seconded to EUROJUST from 2003 to 2007 as a deputy national member for France. Back to France in 2007, he was appointed as deputy chief prosecutor in Dijon (2007/2010), deputy prosecutor general in Bourges (2011/2012), chief public prosecutor in Rouen (2013/2015) and prosecutor general in Reims (2016/2019). He is a regular speaker and instructor at the French National School of Judiciary (Ecole nationale de la Magistrature) and at the German Academy for judges and prosecutors (Deutsche Richterakademie).