Background
Gendreau, Francois Xavier was born on November 16, 1931 in Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France. Son of Henri Gendreau and Odette Guilhot.
Gendreau, Francois Xavier was born on November 16, 1931 in Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France. Son of Henri Gendreau and Odette Guilhot.
Certified d' études in History, Faculté de lettres, Bordeaux, France, 1954; Licencié Law, Faculté droit, Paris, 1957; postgraduate, France d'Outre-Mer, Paris, 1958.
Counsellor aux affair administrative, Ministries des Tranvaux Publications, Paris, 1961-1962; counsellor aux affair administrative, Ministries des Affairs Changeres, Paris, 1962-1964; 2d secretary, French Embassy, Buenos Aires, 1963-1967; 1st counsellor, French Embassy, Madrid, 1973-1977; 1st counsellor, French Embassy, Moscow, 1977-1980; deputy general, head of desk Andes States, French Consulate General, San Francisco, 1967-1970; 2d counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, 1970-1973; inspector, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, 1980-1984; with charge de mission African affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, since 1991; ambassador to Benin, Cotonov, 1984-1989; ambassador to Chad, N' Djamena, 1989-1991.
Married Helen Dahan Bouchard, October 8, 1956. Children: Veronique, Chatherine, Emmanuel.