| Jacques Dewatre | |
| Birth Date: | 1936 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Limoges, France |
| Death Place: | Clamart, France |
| Term Start: | 15 March 2000 |
| Term End: | 9 July 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Alain Rouquié |
| Successor: | Josette Dallant |
| Office2: | Director-General for External Security |
| Term Start2: | 4 June 1993 |
| Term End2: | 13 February 2000 |
| Predecessor2: | Claude Silberzahn |
| Office3: | Prefect of Réunion |
| Term Start3: | 19 July 1991 |
| Term End3: | December 1992 |
| Predecessor3: | Daniel Constantin |
| Successor3: | Hubert Fournier |
| Office4: | Prefect of Saône-et-Loire |
| Term Start4: | 1988 |
| Term End4: | 19 July 1991 |
| Predecessor4: | Yves Mourès |
| Successor4: | Jean-Claude Roure |
Jacques Dewatre (5 June 1936 – 14 December 2021) was a French diplomat and politician.[1] He served as Director-General for External Security from 1993 to 2000.
Dewatre studied at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr and became a parachutist. After fifteen years in the military, he joined the prefectural body in 1974. He became a sub-prefect in Aude, Haute-Savoie, and French Polynesia. He then served as prefect of French Guiana from 1986 to 1988, Saône-et-Loire from 1988 to 1991, and Réunion from 1991 to 1992. He served as Director-General for External Security from 1993 to 2000. From 15 March 2000 to 9 July 2001, he served as France's ambassador to Ethiopia.
He died following a long illness at Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in Clamart, on 14 December 2021, at the age of 85.[2]