Joëlle Timsit Explained

Joëlle Timsit
Birth Name:Marie-Paule Adrienne Joëlle Jaffray
Birth Date:1 May 1938
Birth Place:Rennes, France
Nationality:French
Spouse:Gérard Timsit
Office:Ambassador of France to East Germany
Term Start:12 March 1986
Term End:2 October 1990
Predecessor:Maurice Deshors
Successor:Serge Boidevaix
(German reunification)
Office2:Ambassador of France to Sweden
Term Start2:8 December 1992
Term End2:10 April 1996
Predecessor2:Philippe Louët
Successor2:Philippe Petit

Marie-Paule Adrienne Joëlle Timsit (née Jaffray; born 1 May 1938) is a French diplomat.

Biography

Timsit is the daughter of Madame Oemoire, professor of physics, and Georges Jaffray. On 8 April 1965, she married the lawyer Gérard Timsit (* 1935). She studied German and political science and graduated from the École nationale d’administration. From 1964 to 1968, she was the second class embassy secretary in Bonn. For several years she headed the Section d’Europe central Central Europe on the Quai d’Orsay. On 12 March 1986, she was appointed French ambassador to East Germany.[1] The embassy was located on Unter den Linden 40 and looked after around 2000 French citizens. She was ambassador to Stockholm from 8 December 1992 to 10 April 1996.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ambassadeurs en Allemagne depuis 1955. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). French Embassy in Berlin. French. 20 January 2013. Also available in German
  2. Ulrich Pfeil: Die „anderen“ deutsch-französischen Beziehungen: die DDR und Frankreich 1949. S. 592; Radio France Internationale, 20. November 2009 Jöelle Timsit über ihre Jahre als Botschafterin in der DDR; Jacques Lafitte, Stephen Taylor, Who's Who in France, J. Lafitte., 2003 S. 1810