Jean-David Levitte
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Jean-David Levitte (born June 14, 1946) is a French diplomat, currently the French ambassador to the United States.
Levitte was born in Moissac, in the south of France. He is a graduate of Sciences Po and of the French National School of Oriental Languages, where he studied Chinese and Indonesian. He is married to Marie-Cécile Jonas and has two daughters.
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[edit] French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
His firsts posts were in Hong Kong in 1970 and in Beijing, China from 1972 to 1974. In the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself, he has served as Director of Economic Affairs (1974–1975), Assistant Director of West Africa (1984–1986), Assistant Director of the Cabinet (1986–1988), Director of Asia and Oceania (1990–1993), and General Director of Cultural, Scientific, and Technical Relations (1993–1995).
[edit] United Nations
Between 1981 and 1984 he was the Adviser to the Permanent Mission of France at the United Nations in New York. Between 1988 and 1990, he was the ambassador and permanent representative of France at the United Nations in Geneva, a post which he filled again from 2000 to 2002. Levitte handled several international negotiations, including the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 on Iraq.
[edit] Élysée
Between 1975 and 1981, he was the chargé de mission at the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic. Between 1995 and 2000 he was a diplomatic adviser and sherpa to the French president.
[edit] Ambassador
Levitte presented his ambassadorial credentials to George H. W. Bush on December 9, 2002.
