{{Short description|Minister of State of Monaco from 2000 to 2005}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Patrick Leclercq |office = 20th Minister of State of Monaco |monarch = Rainier III<br>Albert II |term_start = 29 March 2000 |term_end = 1 May 2005 |predecessor = Michel Lévêque |successor = Jean-Paul Proust |office2 = Ambassador of France to Spain |monarch2 = Juan Carlos I |term_start2 = 1996 |term_end2 = 2000 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|08|02|df=yes}} |birth_place = Lille, France |death_date = |death_place = |education = Lycée Janson-de-Sailly |alma_mater = Sciences Po, ÉNA |party = Independent }}
'''Patrick André Leclercq''' ({{IPA|fr|patʁik ɑ̃dʁe ləklɛʁ}}; born 2 August 1938) was the Minister of State of Monaco. He was chosen by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in December 1999,<ref name="profilesbook" /> to replace Michel Lévêque, who retired a few days later.<ref name="profilesbook" /> He had previously served as France's consul / ambassador to Spain,<ref name="profilesbook">{{cite book|last1=East|first1=Roger|last2=Thomas|first2=Richard J.|title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317639398}}</ref> Egypt (Jordan<ref name="profilesbook" /><ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/20/obituaries/armand-berard-85-was-french-envoy-to-united-nations.html|title=Armand Berard, 85; Was French Envoy To United Nations|date=20 November 1989|work=The New York Times|page=11|accessdate=28 October 2010}}</ref>), Montreal (Canada),<ref name="profilesbook" /> as well as in the Foreign Ministry.<ref name="NYT" />
Patrick André Leclercq was born in Lille,<ref name="profilesbook" /> attended the prestigious Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris earning his Baccalauréat, graduated from Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration (ENA).<ref name="profilesbook" />
He was due to formally step down on 1 May 2005 and to be replaced by Jean-Paul Proust, but Proust's inauguration was deferred for a few weeks owing to the death of ruling Prince Rainier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disparition de M. Jean-Paul Proust, ancient Ministre d'État de la Principauté de Monaco|url=http://www.gouv.mc/Actualites/Disparition-de-M.-Jean-Paul-Proust-ancien-Ministre-d-Etat-de-la-Principaute-de-Monaco|website=Actualité (news)|publisher=Gouvernement de Monaco|accessdate=5 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140011/http://www.gouv.mc/Actualites/Disparition-de-M.-Jean-Paul-Proust-ancien-Ministre-d-Etat-de-la-Principaute-de-Monaco|archive-date=6 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He was subsequently appointed to the board of the Monegasque company Société des Bains de Mer,<ref>{{cite web|title=SBM Annual General Meeting Report 2011/2012|url=https://www.montecarlosbm-corporate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rapport_sbm_2011-2012_uk.pdf|accessdate=8 December 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208025757/https://www.montecarlosbm-corporate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rapport_sbm_2011-2012_uk.pdf|archivedate=8 December 2017}}</ref> and he holds the Order of Saint-Charles.<ref name="legimoonaco">Nomination by Sovereign Ordonnance [http://www.legimonaco.mc/Dataweb/jourmon.nsf/100ab120e52ceb84c12568ce002f2909/99952016dbcaca24c1256c7c0053eb18!OpenDocument n°15560 of 18 November 2002] (French)</ref>
== Honours == === Foreign honours === *{{Flag|Monaco}} **70px Grand Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles (18 November 2002)<ref name="legimoonaco" />
==References==
{{reflist}} *[http://rulers.org/indexl2.html Rulers.org]
{{s-start}} {{succession box | title= Minister of State of Monaco | before= Michel Lévêque | after=Jean-Paul Proust | | years=2000–2005}} {{s-end}}
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