Her Excellency Hélène Duchêne
Hélène Tréheux-Duchêne in 2023
Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2022
President	Emmanuel Macron
Preceded by	Catherine Colonna
Personal details
Born	Hélène Tréheux (1963-01-07) 7 January 1963 (age 61) France
Residence	Kensington, London [1]
Alma mater	Sciences Po ENA
Profession	Diplomat
Website	www.ambafrance-uk.org/-French-Embassy

Hélène Tréheux-Duchêne (born 7 January 1963), is a French career diplomat who, since 2022, serves as the Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom. ^[2]

The daughter of Professor Jacques Tréheux ^[3] and Augusta née Beauchot, she read modern literature at ENS Paris and after graduating she pursued further studies at Sciences Po then at ENA where she met her future husband, Rémi Duchêne. ^{[4] [5]}

After joining the French diplomatic service at the Quai d'Orsay in 1989, she rose quickly through the ranks via various EU postings to become France's Permanent Representative to NATO (2016–19). ^[6]

• Chevalier, Légion d'honneur
• Chevalier, Ordre national du Mérite.

• List of Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom

• www.diplomatie.gouv.fr