Luc de La Barre de Nanteuil (; 21 September 1925 at Lhommaizé - 14 August 2018 in Lhommaizé) was a French career diplomat, who rose to become an Ambassador of France.www.ukwhoswho.com
Son of Jean de La Barre de NanteuilVicomtes de La Barre de Nanteuil genealogy and Marguerite Robert de Beauchamp, he graduated from the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in Paris, before joining the French diplomatic service at the Quai d'Orsay.
La Barre de Nanteuil started his career serving in the Middle East before being posted as the Ambassador to the Netherlands in 1976 and 1977. He was quickly transferred to represent France as the Permanent Representative to the European Union (EU),Décret du 18 janvier 1977, JORF No. 16 du 20 janvier 1977, . serving until 1981. He was posted to New York as President of the United Nations Security CouncilPresidents of the Security Council : 1980-1989 , un.org. and then back to Brussels as the Permanent Representative to the EU,Décret du 19 novembre 1984, JORF No. 273 du 22 novembre 1984, . before being promoted Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He served in London from 1986 until retiring from French diplomatic circles in 1990.www.ambafrance-uk.org
La Barre de Nanteuil subsequently was Chairman of Les Echos Group from 1991 until 2003.
He had two children and lived in Paris with his second wife Hedwige, née Frèrejean de Chavagneux.
Honours Officier, Légion d'honneur, Commandeur, Ordre national du Mérite;
La Barre de Nanteuil was granted the title and style of Ambassadeur de France (ad vitam) in 1991, by President François Mitterrand.
Publication Jacques-Louis David, 1985.
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External links www.whoswho.fr Généalogie des La Barre de Nanteuil