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.

Biography

The daughter of Professor Jacques Tréheux and Augusta ''née'' Beauchot, she read modern literature at ENS

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and after graduating she pursued further studies at

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then at

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where she met her future husband, Rémi Duchêne. After joining the French diplomatic service at the

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in 1989, she rose quickly through the

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via various EU postings to become France's Permanent Representative to

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Honours

* Chevalier,

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Chevalier,

Ordre national du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...

References

External links

www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
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Biography

Honours

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