The Ambassador
Jacques Lapouge was born on October 13th 1957
He is a graduate from ESSEC (Higher School for Commercial and Economic Sciences)
and from ENA (National School of Administration)
Diplomatic career :
First Secretary in Addis-Ababa, liaising with the Economic Commission for Africa and the Organisation for African Unity, 1983- 1986
Direction of Economic and Financial Affairs, 1986-1990
Sub Director for EU Internal Affairs, 1990-1991
Second Counsellor at the French Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, 1991-1993
Deputy Director of the Department of the United Nations and International Organisations, 1993-1996
Minister Counsellor in Tokyo, 1996-1999
European Advisor to the President of the Republic, 1999-2002
Ambassador to Malaysia, 2002-2005
Director for Economic and Financial Affairs, 2005-2007
Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, 2007-2009
Honorary distinctions
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the National Order of Merit
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List of previous ambassadors
Emmanuel Lancial (1944-1949)
Armand Gazel (1949-1956)
Georges Balay (1958-1968)
Philippe De Luze (1968-1972)
Bernard Dorin (1978-1981)
François Marcel Plaisant (1981-1984)
Pierre Boyer (1984-1988)
Jacques Dupont (1988-1991)
Joëlle Bourgois (1991-1995)
Tristan D’Albis (1996-2000)
Jean Cadet (2001-2003)
[Jean Félix-Paganon (2003-2006)
Dennis Pietton (2006-2009)