François Zimeray
Ambassador of France to Denmark
François Zimeray is Ambassador of France to Denmark, former French ambassador-at-large for Human Rights and attorney of law and former member of the European Parliament. A lawyer, politician and diplomat, he was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004 and has also served as mayor of Petit-Quevilly.
In his current position, Zimeray has held a fundamental yet discreet role in spreading the culture of human rights into French diplomacy.
Nearly 100 diplomatic missions have led him to the Syrian border, Chechnya, Colombia, Gaza, Burma, Lebanon, Uganda, Chad, Congo, Rwanda, Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Nepal and other areas crucial to human rights work.
Zimeray has advocated for every French embassy being a centre of human rights and has also represented French diplomacy in key trials in recent years, including those of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Yuriy Lutsenko and human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis. He also supports inter-cultural dialogue, such as the Aladdin Project in Baghdad.
