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'{{Infobox officeholder |name = Gérard Araud |image = Gerard Araud, Ambassadeur de France aux Etats-Unis.jpg |image_size = 240px |office = [[Embassy of France in the United States|Ambassador of France to the United States]] |president = [[François Hollande]] |term_start = September 2014 |term_end = |predecessor = [[François Delattre]] |successor = |office2 = [[Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations|Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations]] |president2 = [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]<br>[[François Hollande]] |term_start2 = 2009 |term_end2 = 2014 |1blankname2 = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] |1namedata2 = [[Ban Ki-moon]] |predecessor2 = [[Jean-Maurice Ripert]] |successor2 = [[François Delattre]] |office3 = [[French ambassadors to Israel|Ambassador of France to Israel]] |president3 = [[Jacques Chirac]] |term_start3 = 2003 |term_end3 = 2006 |predecessor3 = [[Jacques_Huntzinger|Jacques Gabriel Huntzinger]] |successor3 = [[Jean-Michel Casa]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|2|20}} |birth_place = [[Marseille]], [[France]] |death_date = |death_place = |alma_mater = [[École polytechnique]]<ref>[[École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique]]<ref>[[Institut d'études politiques de Paris]]<ref>[[École nationale d'administration]] |profession = [[diplomat]] |religion = }} '''Gérard Araud''' (born 20 February 1953) is the [[Ambassador]] of [[France]] to the [[United States]]. Before that he was [[Permanent Representative]] to the [[United Nations]], Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the French [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)]]. ==Early life and education== Gérard Araud was born in [[Marseille]].<ref name="voguestephanie">Stephanie Green, [http://www.vogue.com/3622379/gerard-araud-french-ambassador-washington/ Don’t Call Him the Gay Ambassador: Gérard Araud, France’s Head Envoy to the U.S., Wants to Bring Diplomacy into the 21st Century], ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', November 6, 2014</ref> He graduated from the [[Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris]], the [[École nationale d'administration]], the [[École polytechnique]] and the [[École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique]] and joined the diplomatic corps in 1982. ==Career== His first posting was at the [[France–Israel relations|embassy of France in Tel Aviv]] as First Secretary, from 1982 to 1984. He was then assigned to Paris, at the Analysis and Policy Planning Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he was responsible for Middle East issues. From 1987 to 1991 he was Counselor at the [[embassy of France in Washington, D.C.|Embassy of France in Washington]], where he was also responsible for Middle East issues. He was Assistant Director of European Community Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993 and became Diplomatic Advisor to the French Minister of Defense [[François Léotard]] in 1993. Araud joined the French delegation to the [[North Atlantic Council]] ([[NATO]]) in Brussels in 1995 as Deputy Permanent Representative. He became Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2000. He was Ambassador of France to Israel from 2003 to 2006.<ref>[http://www.franceintheus.org/spip.php?article5936 Official biography on the website of the Embassy of France in the United Nations]</ref> In September 2006, Araud was appointed Director General for Political Affairs and Security, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 15 July 2009, he was appointed Permanent Representative of France to the Security Council and Head of the [[Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations]]. He presented his credentials to [[Ban Ki-moon]], [[United Nations Secretary-General]], on 10 September 10, 2009.<ref>[http://www.un.org/News/fr-press/docs/2009/BIO4116.doc.htm ''«New Permanent Representative of France Presents Credentials»''], ''Communiqué'' of the UN Department of Public Information, 10 September 2009</ref> He served as the [[President of the United Nations Security Council|President of the Security Council]] in February 2010, May 2011, August 2012 and December 2013. On 23 July 2014 Gérard Araud was appointed by presidential decree<ref>[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000029291139 Official decree on Légifrance, official website of the French government for the publication of legislation, regulations, and legal information.]</ref> Ambassador of France to the United States. ==Personal life== He is [[openly gay]].<ref name="voguestephanie"/> His long-time partner is photographer Pascal Blondeau.<ref name="voguestephanie"/> Araud supports [[same-sex marriage]], but does not want to get married.<ref name="voguestephanie"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.franceintheus.org/ Website of the Embassy of France in the United States of America] *[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr Website of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development] {{Portal|France}} {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Araud, Gerard | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = French diplomat | DATE OF BIRTH = 20 February 1953 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Marseille | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Araud, Gerard}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:French diplomats]] [[Category:Ambassadors of France to the United States| ]] [[Category:Ambassadors of France to Israel]] [[Category:Permanent Representatives of France to the United Nations]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT diplomats]] [[Category:École Polytechnique alumni]] [[Category:Sciences Po alumni]] [[Category:École nationale d'administration alumni]] [[Category:People from Marseille]]'