Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations
Assumed office
1 April 2017 [1]
Appointed byAntónio Guterres
Preceded byHervé Ladsous
Personal details
Born2 May 1960 (1960-05-02) (age 63) [2]
NationalityFrench

Jean-Pierre Lacroix (born 2 May 1960) is a French diplomat who has served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations since 1 April 2017. Prior to this, he worked at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director for the United Nations between 2014 and 2017, and before that as France's ambassador to Sweden beginning in 2011.[3]

Lacroix replaced Hervé Ladsous of France, extending a 20-year lock on the job.[clarification needed][4]

Early life and education

Lacroix was born 2 May 1960.[5]

Lacroix is a graduate of the ESSEC Business School, the Sciences Po, and a 1988 "Michel de Montaigne" graduate of the National School of Administration (ENA).[5][6] He holds a master's in political science and has a law degree.[6]

Career

Lacroix held positions at the Embassy of France in Prague, the Embassy of France in Washington and in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Édouard Balladur (1993–1995).[5] From 2002 to 2006, he was the deputy director of the United Nations and International Organizations Division of the France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2006 to 2009, he was the Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York. On 15 July 2011, he was appointed France's Ambassador to Sweden.[7][6] Between 7 July 2014[8] and 2017, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France, as the Director for United Nations, International Organisations, Human Rights and Francophonie.[9]

On 14 February 2017, it was announced that he was appointed by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations. He took office on 1 April that year.[10] At the time of his succession, there were around 120,000 UN Blue Helmet Peacekeepers and 16 missions around the world, mostly in Africa.[11] In particular, he took office during conflicts in Mali, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[11]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Jean-Pierre Lacroix of France Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases".
  2. ^ https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/jean-pierre-lacroix consulté le 15 décembre 2019
  3. ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Jean-Pierre Lacroix of France Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations". United Nations.
  4. ^ Colum Lynch (February 16, 2017), Big powers clip UN secretary general's wings Chicago Tribune.
  5. ^ a b c "LEADERSHIP". United Nations Peacekeeping. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Dray, Daniel (15 March 2012). "19 mars: Jean-Pierre Lacroix, ambassadeur de France en Suède au déjeuner/débat Europasprak/Francofil". Francofil'. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Décret du 15 juillet 2011 portant nomination d'un ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de la République française auprès du Royaume de Suède – M. Lacroix (Jean-Pierre)". Légifrance. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Arrêté du 7 juillet 2014 portant nomination (administration centrale)". Légifrance. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  9. ^ "UN PEACEKEEPING IN TODAY'S STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT". Sciences Po. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  10. ^ "U.N. names new head of peace-keeping operations". Reuters. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  11. ^ a b "ONU: les dossiers africains du nouveau chef des opérations de maintien de la paix" [UN: the African files of the new head of peacekeeping operations]. Radio France Internationale (in French). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  12. ^ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).


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