Loïc Hennekinne (20 September 1940 – 18 April 2020) was a French government official and diplomat.
Biography
Hennekinne studied at
Sciences Po
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and the
École nationale d'administration in
Paris. He was arrested in 1962 for attending a meeting of Patrie en Progrès.
He was an advisor to French Foreign Minister
Roland Dumas from 1988 to 1989, then a diplomatic advisor to President
François Mitterrand
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from 1989 to 1991.
Hennekinne served numerous French ambassadorial roles, including in
Indonesia,
Japan
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,
Canada, and
Italy. He also served as Inspector General and Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
After the end of his public career, Hennekinne joined the Fondation Res Publica, founded by
Jean-Pierre Chevènement, and was on its scientific council. He served as an advisor to
Arnaud Montebourg during the
2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary on foreign policy issues.
Distinctions
*Ambassadeur de France (1999)
*Officer of the
Ordre national du Mérite (1998)
*Commander of the
Legion of Honour (2007)
References
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1940 births
2020 deaths
20th-century French diplomats
21st-century French diplomats
Ambassadors of France to Canada
Ambassadors of France to Indonesia
Ambassadors of France to Italy
Ambassadors of France to Japan
École nationale d'administration alumni
People from Bordeaux