| Jean-Claude Paye | |
| Office: | Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Term Start: | October 1984 |
| Term End: | September 1994 |
| Predecessor: | Emiel van Lennep |
| Successor: | Staffan Sohlman (acting) |
| Term Start2: | November 1994 |
| Term End2: | May 1996 |
| Predecessor2: | Staffan Sohlman (acting) |
| Successor2: | Don Johnston |
| Birth Date: | 1934 8, df=y |
| Nationality: | French |
| Alma Mater: | National School of Administration |
Jean-Claude Paye (born 26 August 1934) is a former French diplomat and civil servant who served as the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1984 to 1996, excluding a brief gap in 1994.
Paye is the son of Lucien Paye, who was Minister of National Education in the 1960s. He attended the National School of Administration. Paye was a highranking official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before becoming Secretary-General of the OECD in 1984, in place of Emiel van Lennep of the Netherlands. His ten-year term ended in September 1994 after the United States blocked an extension of his term.[1] However, after further negotiations it was agreed that Paye would stay on for an additional two years before being succeeded by Canada's Don Johnston.[2]