title: Laurent Pic
text: # Laurent Pic
  
  Laurent Pic (born 2 August 1964) is a French diplomat who currently serves as ambassador to Japan.
  
  He was born in Paris and graduated from Sciences Po and INALCO. As a diplomat, he has held postings at the permanent missions of France to the UN and the EU, and has served as an adviser to Pierre Moscovici and Jean-Marc Ayrault. He was ambassador to the Netherlands from 2014 to 2016 and was appointed ambassador to Japan in June 2017.
  
  He is a knight of the National Order of Merit, and of the Légion d'honneur. He also granted the Order of the Rising Sun by Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on September 15, 2020.
  
  