Patrick Leclercq was the Minister of State of Monaco. He was appointed on 5 January 2000, replacing Michel Lévêque

Michel Lévêque

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. He had previously served as France

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's consul / ambassador to Spain

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, Egypt

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 (Jordan

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), Montreal

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 (Canada

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), as well as in the Foreign Ministry.

Patrick André Leclercq was born in Lille

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, attended the prestigious Lycée Janson de Sailly

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, and graduated from the Ecole nationale d'administration

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 (ENA).

He was due to formally step down on 1 May 2005 and to be replaced by Jean-Paul Proust

Jean-Paul Proust

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, but Proust's inauguration was deferred for a few weeks owing to the death of ruling Prince Rainier.

He was subsequently appointed to the board of the Monegasque company Société des Bains de Mer, and he holds the Order of Saint-Charles.