Philippe Noël Marie Marc Étienne (born 24 December 1955) is a French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2019 to 2023.

[4] As a diplomat, he has served in Belgrade (1981-1983), Bonn (1985-1987), the French mission to the EU in Brussels (1988-1991 and 1997-2002), Moscow (1991-1994) and Bucharest (ambassador to Romania, 2002-2005).

In April 2017, he was designated to replace Jean-Maurice Ripert as French ambassador to Russia, but was instead appointed diplomatic adviser to President Emmanuel Macron on 14 May.

Étienne’s appointment was widely interpreted as signaling a desire for close ties to Germany and the EU.

[7] He was nominated in May 2019 by President Emmanuel Macron as ambassador of France in the United States effective September 2019.