Jean-Maurice Ripert | |
Office: | Ambassador of France to China |
Term Start: | 12 July 2017 |
Term End: | 2019 |
President: | Emmanuel Macron |
Predecessor: | Maurice Gourdault-Montagne |
Successor: | Laurent Bili |
Office2: | Ambassador of France to Russia |
Term Start2: | 2013 |
Term End2: | 2017 |
President2: | François Hollande |
Predecessor2: | Jean de Gliniasty |
Successor2: | Sylvie Bermann |
Office3: | Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations |
Term Start3: | 2007 |
Term End3: | 2009 |
President3: | Nicolas Sarkozy |
1Blankname3: | Secretary-General |
1Namedata3: | Ban Ki-moon |
Predecessor3: | Jean-Marc de La Sablière |
Successor3: | Gérard Araud |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1953 |
Birth Place: | France |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Diplomat |
Alma Mater: | Sciences Po, ÉNA |
Residence: | Beijing, China |
Jean-Maurice Ripert (born 22 June 1953) is a French diplomat. From 2013 to 2017 was the Ambassador of France to the Russian Federation. He is the current ambassador of France to China.
From 2009 to 2011, Ripert was the UN's Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan. Prior to this, from 2007 to 2009, Ripert was the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York. In that capacity, he was the President of the United Nations Security Council in September 2007 and in January 2009. Ripert was France's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from 2005 to 2007.
Ripert was France's ambassador to Greece from 2000 to 2003.
In 2011, he was selected for the role of Ambassador of the European Union to Turkey, followed by his present position.