Anne-Marie Descôtes

Anne-Marie Descôtes
Secretary General of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
30 August 2022
Preceded byFrançois Delattre
Ambassador of France to Germany
In office
6 June 2017  29 August 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byPhilippe Étienne
Succeeded byFrançois Delattre
Personal details
Born (1959-12-05) 5 December 1959
Lyon, France
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses
École nationale d'administration

Anne-Marie Descôtes (born 5 December 1959) is a French diplomat who has served as the Secretary General of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs since 2022. She previously served as Ambassador of France to Germany from 2017 to 2022. She succeeded Philippe Étienne and is the first woman to head the French embassy in reunified Germany.