Jean-David Levitte (born 14 June 1946) is a French diplomat, formerly the French ambassador to the United States, and former diplomatic advisor and sherpa to former Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. He has also been named head of the future National Security Council.Levitte was born in Moissac, in the south of France. He is a graduate of Sciences Po and of the French National School of Oriental Languages, where he studied Chinese and Indonesian.