Philippe Étienne
Philippe Étienne | |
|---|---|
Étienne in 2020 | |
| Ambassador of France to the United States | |
| In office 9 July 2019 – 6 February 2023 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Gérard Araud |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Bili |
| Sherpa of the President of France | |
| In office 19 September 2017 – 20 May 2019 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Jacques Audibert |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Bonne |
| Ambassador of France to Germany | |
| In office 2 September 2014 – 6 June 2017 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Preceded by | Maurice Gourdault-Montagne |
| Succeeded by | Anne-Marie Descôtes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Philippe Noël Marie Marc Étienne 24 December 1955 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Philippe Noël Marie Marc Étienne (born 24 December 1955) is a French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as chief diplomatic adviser to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, from 2017 to 2019. Étienne was nominated as Ambassador to the United States effective 30 May 2019.
In response to the AUKUS agreement, he was recalled to France in September 2021. The measure was unprecedented; in almost 250 years of diplomatic relations, France had never before recalled its US ambassadorship. The Biden administration tried to placate French anger. Jean-Pierre Thébault, the French Ambassador to Australia, was also recalled.