Marie-Paule Adrienne Joëlle Timsit (née Jaffray; born 1 May 1938) is a French diplomat.

Timsit is the daughter of Madame Oemoire, professor of physics, and Georges Jaffray.

She studied German and political science and graduated from the École nationale d’administration.

On 12 March 1986, she was appointed French ambassador to East Germany.

[1] The embassy was located on Unter den Linden 40 and looked after around 2000 French citizens.