Michel Pierre Marie Mathieu was a French senior civil servant. He was High Commissioner of New Caledonia from 2005 to 2007 when he notoriously resigned after a disagreement with then Overseas Secretary Christian Estrosi. He served previously as High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 2001 to 2005,when he was succeeded by Anne Boquet. He died in 2010.
The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) is a department of the United Nations charged with the planning,preparation,management and direction of UN peacekeeping operations. Previously known as the Department for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),it was created on 1 January 2019 as part of a restructuring of the UN's peace and security apparatus. The DPO retains the core functions and responsibilities of its predecessor,with a greater emphasis on cohesion,integrating different resources and knowledge,and promoting human rights.
Prosper Vokouma is a Burkinabédiplomat and politician who served in the government of Burkina Faso as minister of foreign affairs from 1989 to 1991. He became Burkina Faso's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the World Trade Organization in 2008.
The Chief of the Defence Staff is the military head of the Armed Forces of the French Republic,overseeing all military operations. They are responsible to the Minister of the Armed Forces and their deputy is the Major General of the Defence Staff. Since the 1950s,the office has been held only by four-star generals (OF–9),either from the Army,the Navy,or the Air and Space Force. The current Chief is General Thierry Burkhard,who took the position on 22 July 2021.
Atul Khare is a career international diplomat and civil servant who currently serves as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations in UN Department of Operational Support and previously as Under Secretary General in United Nations Department of Field Support and Assistant Secretary General for UN Peacekeeping Operations.
Adolphe Colrat is a French senior civil servant who served as the French High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 2008 to 2011. He succeeded Anne Boquet in the post.
François Delattre is a French diplomat and senior civil servant who has been serving as France’s Ambassador to Germany since 2022.
Patrick Subrémon,is a French civil servant,prefect from 2000.
Jean-Pierre Laflaquière is a retired French senior civil servant. His last office was High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 3 September 2012 to 23 August 2013. His successor was Lionel Beffre. He was Prefect without assignment from 2011 to 2012.
Pierre François Marie Le Jolis de Villiers de SaintignonditPierre de Villiers is an Army General of the French Army and a former Chief of the Defence Staff. Following a disagreement with President Emmanuel Macron,who is ex-officio Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces,he tendered his resignation on 19 July 2017.
François Gérard Marie Lecointre is a French army general who served as Chief of the Defence Staff between 2017 and 2021. As a captain,with Lieutenant Bruno Heluin as the company commanding officer,he led an assault at the Battle of Vrbanja Bridge in 1995 that was the last fixed bayonet charge of the French Armed Forces.
Jean-Pierre Bosser is a French Army General. He was Chief of Staff of the French Army from 1 September 2014 to 31 July 2019.
The Prefect of Ain is the highest state representative in the department of Ain on the East border of France. Its seat is in Bourg-en-Bresse.
Bernard Miyet,born 16 December 1946 in Bourg-de-Péage,is a former French diplomat and public servant. He served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from January 1997 to September 2000,and was the first French to be nominated to the position. Miyet is the current president of the French Association for the United Nations (AFNU),the official French chapter of WFUNA.
Pierre Truche was a French magistrate. He notably prosecuted Klaus Barbie during his trial in 1987.
Marc Del Grande is a French senior civil servant and was the Prefect of French Guiana.
Jacques Senard was a French diplomat.
Gilles Pécout is a French historian,academic and diplomat. He is currently the French Ambassador to Austria.
