Louise Fréchette

Louise Fréchette
Fréchette in 2015
1st United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
In office
1 April 1997  1 April 2006
Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMark Malloch-Brown
Canadian Ambassador
to the United Nations
In office
January 1992  December 1994
Preceded byYves Fortier
Succeeded byRobert Fowler
Personal details
Born (1946-07-16) July 16, 1946
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversité de Montréal
College of Europe

Louise Fréchette OC (born July 16, 1946) is a Canadian diplomat and public servant who served for eight years as United Nations Deputy Secretary-General. She also served a three-year term at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, an international relations and policy think-tank in Waterloo, Ontario, working on a major research project on nuclear energy and the world's security.