Jean-Pierre Lacroix has been the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations since 2017. He brings more than three decades of political and diplomatic experience, with a focus on multilateral organisations and United Nations activities and programmes. From 2014 to 2017 he was Director for the United Nations, International Organizations, Human Rights and Francophonie at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His earlier appointments include Ambassador of France to Sweden, Chief of Protocol of France, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York, Deputy Chief of Mission at the French Embassy in Prague, and First Secretary and later Second Counsellor at the French Embassy in Washington. He has also served as an adviser in the Office of the French Prime Minister. He is a graduate of ESSEC Business School, Sciences Po Paris and the École nationale d’administration (ENA).
Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations