Kareen Rispal

Kareen Géraldine Rispal is a French diplomat. She is the Ambassador of France to Canada, starting in 2017.[1] She is the 28th French ambassador to Canada and the first female ambassador to North America.[2]

Kareen Rispal
Born18 September 1960  (age 61)
Paris 
Awards
  • Officer of the National Order of Merit (2015)
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour (2019) 
Position heldambassador of France to Canada (2017–) 

Education

Rispal has a master's degree in Law and attended the Institut d’études politiques and the École nationale d’administration.[1]

Career

She joined the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986. In 2006, she moved to New York initially as the First Counsellor at France's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, then as Cultural Counsellor of the French Embassy and Permanent Representative of French universities in the United States. [1]

References
  1. "Biography of Kareen Rispal". La France au Canada/France in Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. Shekar, Shruti (July 29, 2017). "First female French ambassador tackles climate change, trad". The Hill Times. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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