François Alabrune elected judge International Court of Justice, Digi Mart USA News (New York): François Alabrune, France’s current ambassador to the Netherlands, has been elected among the new judges of the International Court of Justice in New York, replacing honorary Council of State member Ronny Abraham. He is due to take up his duties in February 2027.
Alabrune, a diplomat and respected jurist aged 64, is a former student of the École nationale d’administration (ENA, Michel de Montaigne promotion, 1988) and of Sciences Po Paris. He has spent his entire career at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Among his senior posts, he served as France’s permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna from 2009 to 2013, followed by eight years as director of legal affairs at the Quai d’Orsay.
A former French consul general in Quebec, Canada, from 2004 to 2009, Alabrune has led the French embassy in the Netherlands since 2022.
