Jean-Noël de Bouillane de Lacoste | |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1934 |
Birth Place: | Vendôme, France |
Death Place: | Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France |
Nationality: | French |
Office: | Third Secretary of France to the United Nations in New York City |
Term Start: | 1964 |
Term End: | 1967 |
Office2: | Second Secretary of France to Poland |
Term Start2: | 1967 |
Term End2: | 1970 |
Office3: | Second Consulate of France in Santiago, Chile |
Term Start3: | 1973 |
Term End3: | 1975 |
Office4: | Second Consulate of France in Beijing, China |
Term Start4: | 1975 |
Term End4: | 1979 |
Office5: | Ambassador of France to Laos |
Term Start5: | 1982 |
Term End5: | 1985 |
Predecessor5: | Roger Duzer |
Successor5: | Marc Menguy |
Office6: | Consulate Minister of France in London, United Kingdom |
Term Start6: | 1985 |
Term End6: | 1989 |
Office7: | Ambassador of France to Tunisia |
Term Start7: | 1992 |
Term End7: | 1995 |
Predecessor7: | Alain Grenier |
Successor7: | Jacques Lanxade |
Office8: | Ambassador of France to Israel |
Term Start8: | 1995 |
Term End8: | 1999 |
Predecessor8: | Pierre Brochand |
Successor8: | Jacques Huntzinger |
Jean-Noël de Bouillane de Lacoste (23 December 1934 – 21 July 2020) was a French ambassador and diplomat.[1]
De Bouillane de Lacoste was the son of .[2] He was a descendant of the de Bouillane family, with old nobility from Dauphiné.[3] De Bouillane de Lacoste studied at Lycée Ronsard in Vendôme and the Lycée Michel Montaigne in Bordeaux. He earned a degree in political studies from the École nationale d'administration in 1964.
De Bouillane de Lacoste served numerous ambassadorial roles throughout his career, most notably as Ambassador of France to Laos,[4] to Tunisia, and to Israel.
He also served as President of the Fréquence protestante radio from 2001 to 2007. He also wrote in the journal Réforme. He was an active member of Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture.
Jean-Noël de Bouillane de Lacoste died on 21 July 2020 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre at the age of 85.