List of Ambassadors of France to Belgium
The following is a list of Ambassadors of France to Belgium. It also includes top-ranking French diplomats in Belgium who did not formally have the ambassador title.
The three main sources used to build the list are the website of the French Embassy in Brussels, a more formal list of French ambassadors post-World War II compiled by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and two more detailed lists of high-ranking diplomats which only cover parts of the 19th century.[1][2][3][4] Additional references are provided below for specific individuals.
| Start of term[note 1] | End of term[note 1] | Ambassador (or diplomat of highest rank[note 2]) |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | 1831 | Charles Joseph, comte Bresson (special envoy) |
| 1831 | 1832 | Augustin Daniel Belliard |
| 1832 | 1832 | Auguste de Tallenay (chargé d'affaires and interim head of mission following the death of Belliard)[5][6] |
| 1832 | 1836 | Charles Armand Septime de Faÿ de La Tour-Maubourg[note 3] |
| 1836 | 1840 | Louis Sérurier |
| 1840 | 1848 | Marquis de Rumigny (ambassador) |
| 1848 | 1848 | Louis Sérurier (chargé d'affaires) |
| 1848 | 1848 | Mr. Bellocq [7] |
| 1848 | 1852 | Théodore Quinette [7] |
| 1852 | 1852 | Charles Adrien His, Comte de Butenval |
| 1852 | 1853 | Napoléon Maret, Duc de Bassano |
| 1853 | 1858 | Adolphe Barrot |
| 1858 | 1860 | Comte Gustave de Monttessuy |
| 1860 | 1862 | Baron de Talleyrand |
| 1862 | 1863 | Baron de Malaret |
| 1863 | 1864 | Théophile de Ferrière-le-Vayer |
| 1864 | 1868 | Comte de Comminges-Guitaut |
| 1868 | 1870 | Louis Étienne Arthur Dubreuil, vicomte de La Guéronnière[8] |
| 1870 | 1870 | Jules Berthémy (never took office) |
| 1870 | 1870 | Paul de Laboulaye (chargé d'affaires) |
| 1870 | 1871 | Albert Tachard |
| 1871 | 1873 | Ernest Picard |
| 1873 | 1876 | Georges-Napoléon Baude |
| 1876 | 1878 | Joseph de Cadoine, Marquis de Gabriac |
| 1878 | 1880 | Tanneguy Duchâtel |
| 1880 | 1882 | Albert Decrais |
| 1882 | 1886 | Gustave Lannes, Comte de Montebello |
| 1886 | 1894 | Albert Bourée |
| 1894 | 1897 | Charles Jean Tristan de Montholon |
| 1897 | 1906 | Auguste Gérard |
| 1906 | 1909 | Olivier Le Fèvre Comte d’Ormesson |
| 1909 | 1911 | Paul Beau |
| 1911 | 1918 | Antony Wladislas Klobukowski |
| 1918 | 1919 | Albert Defrance |
| 1919 | 1922 | Pierre de Margerie |
| 1922 | 1929 | Maurice Herbette |
| 1929 | 1931 | Emmanuel de Peretti de la Rocca |
| 1931 | 1933 | Charles Corbin |
| 1933 | 1935 | Paul Claudel |
| 1935 | 1937 | Jules Laroche |
| 1937 | 1940 | Paul Bargeton |
| 1942 | 1944 | Jean-Claude Paris (representative of the Comité national français) |
| 1944 | 1947 | Raymond Brugère |
| 1947 | 1952 | Jean de Hauteclocque |
| 1952 | 1956 | Jean Rivière |
| 1956 | 1962 | Raymond Bousquet |
| 1962 | 1963 | Francis Lacoste |
| 1963 | 1965 | Henry Spitzmuller |
| 1965 | 1970 | Étienne de Crouy-Chanel |
| 1970 | 1973 | Gontran Begougne de Juniac |
| 1973 | 1980 | Francis Hure |
| 1980 | 1983 | Roger Vaurs |
| 1983 | 1986 | Jacques Thibau |
| 1986 | 1986 | Jean Audibert |
| 1986 | 1988 | Jacques Lecompt |
| 1988 | 1991 | Xavier Marie du Cauzé de Nazelle |
| 1991 | 1993 | Alain Pierret |
| 1993 | 1998 | Jacques Bernière |
| 1998 | 2002 | Jacques Rummelhardt |
| 2003 | 2007 | Joëlle Bourgois |
| 2007 | 2009 | Dominique Boché |
| 2009 | 2012 | Michèle Boccoz |
| 2012 | 2015 | Bernard Valero |
| 2015 | – | Claude-France Arnould |
- 1 2 Sources typically do not explain what they consider as the start of term of the diplomat (day on which the diplomat was named, took office, presented his Letter of credence and so on). This can explain some of the slight discrepancies of dates from one list to another.
- ↑ Unless otherwise noted, individuals in this list from 1831 to 1906 had the title of Minister Plenipotentiary or (equivalently) Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Starting in 1909 they hold the title of Ambassador.
- ↑ Son of Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg.
See also
References
- ↑ "Liste chronologique des Ambassadeurs" (in French). Embassy of France in Brussels. Retrieved 20 January 2013. Also available in Dutch.
- ↑ "Liste chronologique des représentants permanents de la France avec rang d'ambassadeur auprès de commissions, organisations et conférences internationales" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). p. 42. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ Count Guillaume de Garden (1861). Répertoire diplomatique: annales du droit des gens et de la politique extérieure (in French). J. Claye. pp. 45–46 (2nd volume).
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France) (1887). "X: Ambassadeurs, envoyés extraordinaires, etc de France à l'étranger de 1815 à 1855". Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République Française (in French). 9. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale. p. 321.
- ↑ Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique. Bruylant. 1834. p. 214. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ Nothomb, Jean-Baptiste (1876). "(Footnote from the 4th edition)". Essai historique & politique sur la révolution belge (in French). Librairie européenne C. Muquardt. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- 1 2 Désiré François Joseph de Garcia de la Vega (1857). Guide pratique des agents du Ministère des affaires étrangères de Belgique (in French). Auguste Decq. p. 236. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "List of Ambassadors of France to Belgium", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
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