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'''Dr. Jean-Jacques Subrenat''' is a writer and former diplomat. Presently, he is the senior advisor to the board of CCRN (Centre culturel et de rencontre Neumunster) and involved with[[EUNIC]] (European Union National Institutes for Culture). He is a former member of the [[ICANN Board]]; he was appointed by the [[NomCom]] to a term that began in 2007 and ended in 2010.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/subrenat.htm icann.org]</ref> He is currently a member of the [[ALAC]], having been appointed twice by [[ICANN]]'s [[NomCom]], first from 2010-2012 and then reinstated from 2012 - 2014.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+ALAC+and+RALO+Elections,+Selections+and+Appointments+2012 At Large ALAC and RALO Elections Selections and Appointments 2012, Community.ICANN.org]</ref> Dr. Subrenat has noted that he is "self-educated" with regards to the Internet.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/nomcom/bios-30aug12-en.htm Bios, ICANN.org]</ref> He has been involved in a variety of international Internet government fora in the past decade, including the [[IGF]].<ref>[http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=2010PanelistBioView&wspid=343 Panelist Bio View, IntGovForum.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/emerging_issues_dialogue.xhtml Emerging Issues, Elon.edu]</ref>

Jean-Jacques Subrenat holds a Ph.D. in history from the Sorbonne University of Paris.<ref>[http://www.aseminfoboard.org/Calendar/Activities/?id=172 aseminfoboard]</ref>

Ambassador Subrenat served as a French diplomat for many years. In the French diplomatic service, he worked on the Policy Planning Staff (1976-78); in the Ministry of industry, setting up the Solar Energy Authority, where he also led the international affairs department (1978-80); Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Europe (1980-81); Deputy director for Asia and the Pacific (1984-86); Alternate director for development aid (1986-88); Alternate director for the Americas (1992-95).<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/subrenat.htm icann.org]</ref> He went on to served as ambassador to the Western European Union in Brussels (1995-1998), to Estonia (1998-2002), and Finland (2002-2005).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Subrenat Jean Jacques Subrenat, en.Wikipedia.org]</ref> He represented France on the Board of Governors of the Asia-Europe Foundation ASEF in 2005. He retired from diplomatic service in September 2005.<ref>[http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Jean-Jacques_Subrenat worldlingo.com]</ref>

Other notable positions include:

* Volunteer, French Navy, 1960-63.

* Chairman of Advisory Board, Institut Pierre Werner

* Tutor, Ecole nationale d'administration in Strasbroug<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/magazine/archive/nomcom-200709.html icann.org]</ref>

Dr. Subrenat is the editor of ''Estonia - Identity and Independence'';<ref>[http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=BALTIC+2 Baltic, Rodopi.nl]</ref> he also wrote a book titled ''Listen, There's Music From the Forest: a Brief Presentation of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival''.