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Jean-David Levitte became ambassador of France to the United States on Dec. 9. He previously served as France’s permanent representative to the United Nations (2000-02) and as a diplomatic adviser and “sherpa” to French President Jacques Chirac from 1995 to 2000. Ambassador Levitte joined the Foreign Ministry in 1970, serving posts in Hong Kong (1971) and Beijing (1972-74). From 1975 to 1981, he worked at the Office of the President, and in 1981, he was posted as a counselor at the French Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Returning to Paris in 1984, Ambassador Levitte became deputy director of the West Africa section of the Foreign Ministry and then deputy executive assistant to the foreign minister two years later. Ambassador Levitte has also held posts as the ambassador and permanent representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva (1988-90) and director of the Asia-South Pacific section and head of cultural, scientific and technical relations at the Foreign Ministry (1993-95). He holds a law degree and is a graduate of the Institute of Political Science and the National School of Oriental Languages where he studied Chinese and Indonesian. Ambassador Levitte is an officer of the Legion of Honor and is married with two children.
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