An Evening at the Residence of HE Gérard Araud, the Ambassador of France
His Excellency Gérard Araud, the Ambassador of France, will receive the Harvard Club of Washington, DC, at his residence. This event is limited to Club members and their guests.
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The French ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., is located at 2221 Kalorama Road, N.W., in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
It was designed by Jules Henri de Sibour in 1910. The building is a combination of Tudor Revival and Jacobean Revival styles of architecture. It is designated as a contributing property to the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The home was completed in 1911 for the Lawrence family of Philadelphia, who owned a lead-paint manufacturing company. In 1917 it was sold to the mining magnate John Hays Hammond. The French took ownership in 1936 and used it as the residence and chancery until 1985.
Gérard Araud, 62, a career diplomat, was appointed Ambassador of France to the United States in September 2014. He previously held numerous positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, notably including that of Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament (2000-2003), Ambassador of France to Israel (2003-2006), Director General for Political Affairs and Security (2006-2009), and, most recently, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York (2009-2014).
Over the course of his career, Mr. Araud has developed specialized knowledge in two key areas: the Middle East and strategic & security issues. As regards the latter, he was the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. In New York, at the United Nations Security Council, he notably contributed to the adoption of resolutions on Libya (#1970 and#1973), Côte d’Ivoire (#1975), the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and the Central African Republic, and participated in debates on the Syrian and Ukrainian crises.
He has written numerous journal articles, including recently in ‘’Commentaire’’ two on the outbreak of WWI and one on the French foreign policy between 1919 and 1939, and another in ‘’Esprit’’ on the search for a new world order. He is working on an article on the Treaty of Versailles.
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