Claude Morel

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Claude Sylvestre Anthony Morel is a Seychellois diplomat.

He was the Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director-General for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Permanent Representative to the European Commission in Brussels. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador of Seychelles to the United States, Canada, and Cuba. He became Ambassador to the United States in March 1998.^[1]

In February 2005, Jérémie Bonnelame was appointed to replace him as Ambassador and Permanent Representative, and Morel was instead appointed as Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs.^[2] In July 2007, he was replaced in that post by Callixte d'Offay and was instead appointed as Ambassador to France,^[3] presenting his credentials to French President Nicolas Sarkozy on November 19, 2007.^[4] He was also appointed as Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, presenting his credentials in October 2007.^[5] In addition to these two posts, he is ambassador to other European countries as well as the FAO.^{[citation needed]}