Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jean-Marie Guéhenno

French diplomat

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1949

Place of Birth: France

Profession: politician, diplomat, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jean-Marie Guéhenno (French: [??~ma?i ge?no]; born 30 October 1949 in Paris) is a former French diplomat.
He was named president and CEO of International Crisis Group in August 2014, succeeding Louise Arbour.
He served as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from 2000 to August 2008.
He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Before joining Crisis Group he was director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
He also served as associate director of the Arnold A.
Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at SIPA and directed the School's International Conflict Resolution specialization. Guéhenno was elected Chairman of the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) board at the end of 2010.
From March to July 2012, he temporarily stood down from the board to serve as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria.
He resumed his role as a Member and Chairman of the HD Centre Board in November 2012.In 2012-13, Guéhenno headed President François Hollande's review of French defense and security policies.