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Alain Dejammet | |
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| Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations | |
| In office 1995–1999 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Secretary-General | Boutros Boutros-Ghali followed by Kofi Annan |
| Preceded by | Jean-Bernard Mérimée |
| Succeeded by | Jean-David Levitte |
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| Profession | diplomat |
Alain Dejammet is a former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations. [1] Before that he was ambassador of France to Egypt.
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