Jean-Pierre Lacroix | |
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Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations | |
Assumed office 1 April 2017[1] | |
Appointed by | António Guterres |
Preceded by | Hervé Ladsous |
Personal details | |
Born | Jean-Pierre François Renaud Lacroix 2 May 1960 (age 64)[2] |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | ESSEC Business School Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Jean-Pierre François Renaud Lacroix (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ lakʁwa]; 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 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.[4]