Antoine Joly (16 July 1955) is a French politician who served as ambassador to Suriname, CARICOM and Guyana from 2017 until 2021.

[5] Joly got infected when he was in a small waiting room of Zorg en Hoop Airport together with a Dutch person who was later diagnosed positive in the Netherlands.

Joly only had mild symptoms,[6] therefore he was transported to Cayenne in French Guiana on 29 March 2020, where he was quarantined.

[9][10] During his tenure, he established the first joint police post, judicial cooperation, and helped pass a border protocol.

[9] On 6 October 2021, he was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Honorary Order of the Palm by President Santokhi.