List of ambassadors of France to the United States


France's Ambassador
to the United States of America
Coat of Arms of French Republic
Incumbent
Laurent Bili
since 14 February 2023
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
French Embassy, Washington D.C.
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceFrench Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C.
Inaugural holderConrad-Alexandre Gérard
Formation1778
WebsiteFrench Embassy – Washington

The French ambassador to the United States is the diplomatic representation of the French Republic to the United States.[1][2] They reside in Washington, D.C. The current ambassador is Laurent Bili.

Heads of mission

Ancien Regime (before 1792)

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1778 1779 Conrad-Alexandre Gérard
1779 1784 Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne
1784 1785 François Barbé-Marbois[a]
1785 1787 Louis-Guillaume Otto[b]
1787 1789 Elénor-François-Elie, Comte de Moustier[4]
1791 1793 Chevalier Jean Baptiste Ternant[5]

First French Republic

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1793 1794 Edmond-Charles Genêt
1794 1795 Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet[7][8]
1795 1796 Pierre Auguste Adet
1796 1800 Michel Ange Bernard Mangourit[9][10]
1800 1800 Joseph Bonaparte[c]
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu[d]
Pierre Louis Roederer[e]
1801 1804 Louis-André Pichon[f][11]

First French Empire (1804–15)

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1804 1804 Felix Beaujour
1804 1811 General Louis Marie Turreau of Garambouville
1811 1815 Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier

Kingdom of France (1815–48)

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1815 1821 Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville
1821 1824 Jacques de Menou[citation needed][g]
1824 1830 Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil
1830 1831 Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux Rochelle
1831 1835 Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier
1835 1837 Alphonse Pageot[h]
1837 1838 Charles Edward Pontois[14]
1838 1841 Alphonse Pageot[i]
1841 1846 Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt [fr]
1843 1849 Alphonse Pageot[j]

Second French Republic (1848–52)

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1848 1849 Guillaume-Tell de La Vallée Poussin[k]
1849 1850 Charles Alphonse de Sain de Bois-le-Comte
1851 1860 Count Eugène de Sartiges[17]

Second French Empire (1852–70)

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1851 1860 Count Eugène de Sartiges[19]
1860 1864 Henri Mercier[20]
1864 1866 Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville
1866 1870 Jules Berthemy
1870 1870 Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol
1870 1870 Jules Berthemy

Third French Republic (1870–1940)

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1870 1870 Jules Treillard
1871 1871 Henry de Bellonnet[l]
1872 1873 Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles
1873 1877 Amédée Bartholdi[22]
1877 1882 Georges Maxime Outrey[23]
1882 1891 Théodore Roustan[24][25]
1891 1897 Jules Patenôtre des Noyers
1897 1902 Jules Cambon
1902 1924 Jean Jules Jusserand
1924 1925 Emile Daeschner[26]
1925 1926 Henry Bérenger[27]
1926 1933 Paul Claudel
1933 1937 André Lefebvre de La Boulaye
1937 1938 Georges Bonnet
1938 1940 René Doynel de Saint-Quentin
1940 1942 Gaston Henry-Haye
1941 1942 Adrien Tixier[m]
1943 1943 Henri Hoppenot[n]
1944 1954 Henri Bonnet

Fourth French Republic (1946–58)

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1944 1954 Henri Bonnet
1954 1956 Maurice Couve de Murville
1956 1965 Hervé Alphand

Fifth French Republic (1958–present)

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1956 1965 Hervé Alphand Charles de Gaulle
1965 1972 Charles Lucet Charles de Gaulle]
Georges Pompidou
1972 1977 Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet[30] Georges Pompidou
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
1977 1981 François Lefebvre de Laboulaye Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
1981 1984 Bernard Vernier-Palliez François Mitterrand
1984 1989 Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie François Mitterrand
1989 1995 Jacques Andreani Jacques Chirac
1995 2002 François Bujon de l'Estang Jacques Chirac
2002 2007 Jean-David Levitte Jacques Chirac
2007 2010 Pierre Vimont Nicolas Sarkozy
2011 2014 François Delattre[31] Nicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
2014 2019 Gérard Araud[32] François Hollande
Emmanuel Macron
2019 2023 Philippe Étienne[33] Emmanuel Macron
2023 - Laurent Bili[34] Emmanuel Macron

See also

Notes

  1. ^ As chargé d'affaires ad interim.
  2. ^ As chargé d'affaires ad interim.
  3. ^ Minister Plenipotentiary, Treaty of Mortefontaine.
  4. ^ Minister Plenipotentiary, Treaty of Mortefontaine.
  5. ^ Minister Plenipotentiary, Treaty of Mortefontaine.
  6. ^ As chargé d'affaires ad interim.
  7. ^ As chargé d'affaires ad interim.
  8. ^ As chargé d'affaires ad interim.
  9. ^ As chargé d'affaires ad interim.
  10. ^ On behalf of the July Monarchy)[15]
  11. ^ On behalf of the French Second Republic.
  12. ^ As chargé d'affaires ad interim.
  13. ^ Delegate of the French Committee of National Liberation.
  14. ^ Delegate of the French Committee of National Liberation.

References

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  2. ^ United States Department of State
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  8. ^ "OCLC Classify -- an Experimental Classification Service". classify.oclc.org.
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  11. ^ "Why We Are Partly Responsible for the Mess that is Haiti - History News Network". www.hnn.us.
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  14. ^ "Galerie Jean-François HEIM Paris - Portrait of Amélie-Justine and Charles-Édouard Pontois". www.galerieheim.ch.
  15. ^ Annual report of the American Historical Association, Volume 2, p. 198, at Google Books
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  19. ^ "Obituary" (PDF). The New York Times. 6 October 1892.
  20. ^ "Picture History : Henri Mercier, French Minister to the U.S." Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  21. ^ "French Ambassadors to the United States since 1893". France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  22. ^ Enlightening the world: the creation of the Statue of Liberty, Yasmin Sabina Khan
  23. ^ Commission, French and American Claims (13 May 1884). "The Final Report of the Agent and Counsel of the United States: With Treaties and Schedule of Claims". Gibson Brothers, printers – via Google Books.
  24. ^ "Theodore Roustan". The New York Times. 9 August 1906.
  25. ^ "Théodore ROUSTAN". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  26. ^ "Exits and Entrances". Time. 27 October 1924. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010.
  27. ^ "Died". Time magazine. April 17, 1933. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  28. ^ "French Ambassadors to the United States since 1893". France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  29. ^ "French Ambassadors to the United States since 1893". France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  30. ^ "Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet". The Independent. London. 28 May 1994. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  31. ^ "Ambassador of France to the U.S." France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.
  32. ^ "The Ambassador". France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.
  33. ^ "Philippe Etienne Confirmed as the New French Ambassador in Washington". 6 May 2019.
  34. ^ "Mr. Laurent Bili is the new Ambassador of France to the United States". Consulat Général de France à San Francisco. Retrieved 2023-04-24.