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French diplomat (born 1959)
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Anne-Marie Descôtes
Secretary General of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 August 2022
Preceded byFrançois Delattre
Ambassador of France to Germany
In office
6 June 2017 – 29 August 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byPhilippe Étienne
Succeeded byFrançois Delattre
Personal details
Born (1959-12-05) 5 December 1959 (age 65)
Lyon, France
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses
École nationale d'administration

Anne-Marie Descôtes (born 5 December 1959) is a French diplomat who has served as the Secretary General of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs since 2022. She previously served as Ambassador of France to Germany from 2017 to 2022. She succeeded Philippe Étienne and is the first woman to head the French embassy in reunified Germany.

Early life and education

Descôtes was born on 5 December 1959 in Lyon to Georges Descôtes and Suzanne Jusseau.

After studying at the Lycée Jean-Perrin in Lyon, Descôtes joined the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses in 1979.

Other activities

References

  1. "Anne-Marie Descôtes takes over the reins of Quai d'Orsay's general secretariat". Diplomat Magazine. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. "HE Anne-Marie Descôtes". Global Female Leaders Summit. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. "Biography". French Embassy in Berlin. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. "Anne-Marie Descôtes, Ambassador of France to Germany, presents credentials". France in Germany. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  5. ^ Who's Who in France, édition 2015, p. 730.
  6. Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
  7. Board of Directors Archived 2021-01-19 at the Wayback Machine Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN).


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