Alain Le Roy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alain Le Roy

French diplomat

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1953

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alain Le Roy (French pronunciation: ?[al?~ l? ?wa]; born 5 February 1953) is a French diplomat who served as Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) between 1 March 2015 and 31 August 2016.
In this capacity, he was in charge of around 3,400 staff and around 140 delegations in non-EU countries.
On 16 June 2016 he announced he would be resigning effective 1 September 2016, being replaced by Helga Schmid, who has been political director of the EEAS and as such, been involved in the Iran nuclear negotiations.Until August 2011, Le Roy served as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations.
He was appointed to the position in June 2008 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
From December 2011 until August 2014 he served as Ambassador of France to Italy.
As of 1 September 2014 he rejoined the Cour des comptes as Conseiller maître.