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Gilbert Guillaume

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Gilbert Guillaume
19th President of the
International Court of Justice
In office
7 February 2000 – 6 February 2003
Preceded byStephen Schwebel
Succeeded byShi Jiuyong
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
17 September 1987 – 11 February 2005
Personal details
Born (1930-12-04) 4 December 1930 (age 93)
Bois-Colombes, France
ResidenceNeuilly-sur-Seine
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration

Gilbert Guillaume (born 4 December 1930) is a French jurist and judge who served as President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 2000 to 2003. He was a Judge of the ICJ between 1987 and 2005 and also previously served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) from 1980.[1][2]

A native of Bois-Colombes, Seine, Guillaume studied at Sciences Po and graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 1957. He was appointed a master of requests at the Conseil d'État before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Director of Juridicial Affairs in 1979.[3] In 2007 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, which he presided over in 2016, when he was awarded the Great Cross of the Legion of Honour. Guillaume is also a former member of the academic staff of Sciences Po, Paris.

Gilbert Guillaume is the father of Marc Guillaume (born 1964), who was appointed Prefect of Paris in 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Gilbert Guilaume". IAI Paris. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "JUDGE GILBERT GUILLAUME (FRANCE) ELECTED PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE". United Nations. 18 February 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Décret du 2 novembre 1992 maintenant un conseiller d'Etat dans la position de détachement de longue durée", legifrance.gouv.fr (in French), 6 November 1992.