Background
Crettien, Charles Jean was born on July 3, 1931 in Nice, France. Son of Jean and Jacqueline (Gastaud) Crettien.
Crettien, Charles Jean was born on July 3, 1931 in Nice, France. Son of Jean and Jacqueline (Gastaud) Crettien.
Master of Arts in Literature, University Sorbonne, Paris, 1953. Diploma in Arabic, Persian, Institute Oriental Studies, Paris, 1953.
2d secretary, French Embassy, Rabat, Morocco, 1960-1963; 2d secretary, Cairo, 1963-1965; 1st secretary, Algiers, Algieria, 1967-1970; counsellor, Rabat, 1972-1975; counsellor, London, 1975-1978; cultural counsellor, Tunis, Tunisia, 1978-1981; counsellor, Washington, 1982-1985; ambassador, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1985-1987; ambassador, Mogachshu, Somalia, since 1987; counsul, French Consulate, San Francisco, 1965-1967; cousul general, Chicago, 1981-1982; counsellor, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Paris, 1971-1972.
Served to lieutenant French navy, 1958-1960.
Married Micheline Gillet, July 29, 1953 (separated March 1987). Children: Jean-François, Helene, Philipps.