The French Ambassador to Sri Lanka was created on 27 October 1948 as the Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister. The current ambassador is Jean-François Pactet who was inaugurated in November 2022.

• Pinoteau - 27 October 1948
• Robert Du Gardier - 6 July 1951
• Colin - 20 June 1953

• Same - (December 1958)
• Guibaut - (5 May 1959)
• Lance - (4 August 1961)
• Brionval - (26 March 1964)
• Chambon - (9 December 1968)
• Lambroschini - (4 August 1971)
• Anthonioz - (24 April 1975)
• Jacques Bourgoin - (23 January 1978)
• Toussaint - (19 September 1981)
• Morizot - (2 March 1984)
• Eluecque - (5 July 1986)
• Lambert - (8 December 1988)
• Jean-François Bouffandeau - (18 June 1992)
• Elisabeth Dahan - (11 March 1996)
• Marie-France Pagnier - (1 September 2000)
• Jean-Bernard De Vaivre - (25 September 2003 - August 2006)
• Lummaux Michel - (1 September 2006 - 18 December 2009)
• Robichon Christine - (24 January 2010 - 17 September 2013)
• Jean-Paul Monchau - (17 September 2013 - 8 April 2015)
• Jean-Marin Schuh - (8 April 2015 - 11 October 2018)
• Eric Lavertu - (1 November 2018- October 2022)
• Jean-François Pactet - (11 November 2022 - Present)^[1]

• Sri Lankan Ambassador to France

• (in French) French embassy in Sri Lankan
• Chronological list of Ambassadors
• [1]