François Delattre was appointed Ambassador of France to Canada in June 2008, following four years as French Consul General in New York (2004-2008), two years as Deputy Director of the French Foreign Minister’s Office (2002-2004) and four years as Press and Communications Director at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. (1998-2002).

As a member of President Jacques Chirac’s Foreign Policy Team (1995-1998), François Delattre was responsible for European and trans-Atlantic defence and security issues and managing the Bosnian crisis.

He had previously advised Foreign Minister Alain Juppé in his cabinet on these same issues (1993-1995) following two years with the Strategic, Security and Disarmament Department of the French Foreign Ministry (1991-1993).

François Delattre was posted in Bonn at the French Embassy in Germany, where he was in charge of environmental issues and the economic consequences of Germany’s unification.