Anne-Marie Descôtes
Portrait of Anne-Marie Descôtes
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
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 served as Ambassador of France to Germany from 6 June 2017 to 2022.[1][2] She succeeded Philippe Étienne and is the first woman to head the French embassy in reunified Germany.[3]

Early life and education

Descôtes was born on 5 December 1959 in Lyon to Georges Descôtes and Suzanne Jusseau.[4]

After studying at the Lycée Jean-Perrin in Lyon, Descôtes joined the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses in 1979.[4]

Other activities

References

  1. "HE Anne-Marie Descôtes". Global Female Leaders Summit. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. "Biography". French Embassy in Berlin. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. "Anne-Marie Descôtes, Ambassador of France to Germany, presents credentials". France in Germany. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Who's Who in France, édition 2015, p. 730.
  5. Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
  6. Board of Directors Archived 2021-01-19 at the Wayback Machine Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN).


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