Gerard Coste
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Gérard Coste is a painter and diplomat, born in Marseille. A graduate of the [SciencesPo Paris ], HEC Paris and the École nationale d'administration
(National School of Administration), he began his diplomatic career in Laos in 1964, later serving in Japan. While in Japan, he spent two years studying painting with the master Toshimitsu Imai, being Imai's only Western student. Coste had his first one-man exhibition in 1975 in Japan. He has had several shows in France and Japan and exhibiting his works regularly in Japan, the United States, Singapore and Thailand. He pursued both careers, diplomatic and artistic together, until his retirement in 2003, the date on which he set up his painting studio in Bangkok. Coste married Naomi (a Japanese-American model he met in Japan) in 1974.
École nationale d'administration
The École Nationale d'Administration , one of the most prestigious of French graduate schools , was created in 1945 by Charles de Gaulle to democratise access to the senior civil service. It is now entrusted with the selection and initial training of senior French officials...
(National School of Administration), he began his diplomatic career in Laos in 1964, later serving in Japan. While in Japan, he spent two years studying painting with the master Toshimitsu Imai, being Imai's only Western student. Coste had his first one-man exhibition in 1975 in Japan. He has had several shows in France and Japan and exhibiting his works regularly in Japan, the United States, Singapore and Thailand. He pursued both careers, diplomatic and artistic together, until his retirement in 2003, the date on which he set up his painting studio in Bangkok. Coste married Naomi (a Japanese-American model he met in Japan) in 1974.
Main Assignments
- Communication Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1985-1987
- General Consul in Los Angeles 1988-1993
- Ambassador of France in Singapore 1993-1995
- Ambassador of France to Thailand 1995-1999
- General Consul in San Francisco 2000-2003
Honors
- Officier (officer) of the Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
- Officier(Officer) of the Ordre national du MériteOrdre National du MériteThe Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
. - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
Publications
- "Golden Skies" 1992.
- "Windows" 1995.
- "Elsewhere" 2005
- "From inside" 2010.
- "Lami", a novel, 2010. Digital edition by Numilog.com
- Paper Version at jepublie.com and Carnets d'Asie, Bangkok, Phnom-Penh.
External links
- Coste - website
- http://www.numilog.com