Hélène Duchêne
Hélène Tréheux-Duchêne in 2023
Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
12 October 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byCatherine Colonna
Personal details
Born
Hélène Tréheux

(1963-01-07) 7 January 1963
France
ResidenceKensington, London[1]
Alma materSciences Po
ENA
ProfessionDiplomat
Websitewww.ambafrance-uk.org/-French-Embassy

Hélène Tréheux-Duchêne (born 7 January 1963), is a French career diplomat who, since 2022, serves as the Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom.[2]

Biography

The daughter of Professor Jacques Tréheux[3] and Augusta née Beauchot, she read modern literature at ENS Paris and after graduating she pursued further studies at Sciences Po then at ENA where she met her future husband, Rémi Duchêne.[4] [5]

After joining the French diplomatic service at the Quai d'Orsay in 1989, she rose quickly through the ranks via various EU postings to become France's Permanent Representative to NATO (2016–19).[6]

Honours

See also

References

  1. "La Résidence de France". France in the United Kingdom - La France au Royaume-Uni.
  2. www.legifrance.gouv.fr
  3. www.persee.fr
  4. www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr
  5. www.lefigaro.fr
  6. www.nato.int
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