Laurent Pic

Laurent Pic (born 2 August 1964) is a French diplomat who currently serves as ambassador to Japan.

He was born in Paris and graduated from Sciences Po and INALCO.[1] As a diplomat, he has held postings at the permanent missions of France to the UN and the EU, and has served as an adviser to Pierre Moscovici and Jean-Marc Ayrault. He was ambassador to the Netherlands from 2014 to 2016 and was appointed ambassador to Japan in June 2017.

He is a knight of the National Order of Merit,[2] and of the Légion d'honneur.[3] He also granted the Order of the Rising Sun by Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on September 15, 2020.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Laurent Pic, le nouvel ambassadeur de France au Japon". 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Biographie de l'Ambassadeur". La France au Japon.
  3. ↑ (in French) https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000038759146
  4. ↑ Remise du grand cordon de l’ordre du Soleil levant à l’ambassadeur de France au Japon - La France au Japon


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