Jean-Marie Guehenno

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Managing Global Order

Jean-Marie Guehenno is a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings and the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. Previously, Guehenno was the under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations at the United Nations from 2000 to 2008. He is an expert in peacekeeping, global governance and transnational security threats.

Experience

Current Positions

  • Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
  • Chair, Advisory Board of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research
  • Member, Board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva

Past Positions

  • Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations (2000-2008)
  • Director of Policy Planning, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1989-1993)
  • French Ambassador to the Western European Union
  • Chairman, French Institute of Higher Defense Studies

Education

  • École normale supérieure, Paris, France

Language Fluency

  • French

Contact

Email Jean-Marie Guehenno

202.797.6233

202.797.6105Brookings Office of Communications

Resources