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Daniel Jouanneau (born September 15, 1946) is a French

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Education

Jouanneau completed his secondary education at the Lycée Ronsard in his hometown. He then studied at

Sciences Po , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , a ...

and the École Nationale d'Administration.

Career

Jouanneau joined the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971 and held a variety of positions at home and abroad. While working at the Ministry in Paris, Jouanneau mostly worked on European matters (legal department, Europe directorate, economic department). He was also chief of protocol in the last two years of president

François Mitterrand François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...

's administration (1993-1995) and the first two years of

Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...

's presidency (1995-1997) . He also served as Inspector General of Foreign Affairs (1999-2004). Abroad, he was press secretary at the French embassy in Cairo, consul general in Salisbury and chargé d'affaires in Zimbabwe, counsellor for cultural affairs and cooperation in

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

and Consul General in Quebec City. As an ambassador, Daniel Jouanneau served in Mozambique (with concurrent accreditation in

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

and

Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

), Lebanon (1997-1999), Canada (2004-2008) and Pakistan (2008-2011). Following his diplomatic career, Jouanneau joined the

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as ''conseiller maître en service extraordinaire''. He published books on GATT,

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, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. When leaving the public service, Daniel Jouanneau created DJ Conseil, which offers assistance to French companies for their international operations, and to foreign firms on the French market.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jouanneau, Daniel 1946 births Living people People from Vendôme Ambassadors of France to Canada Ambassadors of France to Pakistan Ambassadors of France to Lebanon Ambassadors of France to Lesotho Ambassadors of France to Eswatini Ambassadors of France to Mozambique École nationale d'administration alumni Sciences Po alumni