Jean-Pierre_Lacroix_(French_diplomat)
Jean-Pierre Lacroix (diplomat)
French diplomat
Jean-Pierre Lacroix (born 2 May 1960) is a French diplomat who has served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations since 1 April 2017. Prior to this, he worked at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director for the United Nations between 2014 and 2017, and before that as France's ambassador to Sweden beginning in 2011.[3]
Lacroix replaced Hervé Ladsous of France, extending a 20-year lock on the job.[clarification needed][4]