Frederic Eckhard (fl. 1970s-present) was a senior United Nations civil servant and spokesman. Prior to joining the Secretariat in 1985, Eckhard worked 12 years for the United Nations Association of the United States of America, where he was Chief Editor and Vice President. When he first joined the United Nations, he worked as an information officer on the subject of the United Nations financial crisis. He was spokesman in the field for two United Nations peacekeeping operations—in Namibia (1989-1990) and in former Yugoslavia. He became the first spokesman for the United Nation Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and was based in Sarajevo when the war broke out in 1992. Eckhard became the first-ever joint spokesman for the United Nations and the European Community when he was named joint spokesman for the co-chairs of the International Conference for the Former Yugoslavia in 1992. Eckhard specialized in peacekeeping as Associate Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. He first joined the United Nations Spokesman's Office under Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar in 1988.

In 1996, he was working under Kofi Annan in the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) as the chief liaison officer. In January 1997, Eckhard was appointed Spokesman for United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, and served in that capacity until his retirement in June 2005.

Eckhard now serves as co-founder and CEO of Chance for Change, a project founded in 2011 for the purpose of providing financial aid for the higher education of young women in Burkina Faso, West Africa. He and his wife, Kathryn, have lived in Saint-Quay-Portrieux, France, permanently since 2005.