Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Paris

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Embassy of Saudi Arabia in France
Ambassade d'Arabie saoudite en France, 92 rue de Courcelles, Paris 8e.jpg
The embassy in July 2019
Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Paris
Location Paris, France
Address92 Rue de Courcelles
Website Official website

The Saudi Embassy in France is the diplomatic representation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the French Republic. Its ambassador since 30 December 2020 is Fahad M. Al Ruwaily

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Building

The Embassy is located at 92 rue de Courcelles in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

Saudi ambassadors in France

Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was ambassador of Saudi Arabia in France. Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.jpg
Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was ambassador of Saudi Arabia in France.
Nomination
date
Letter of credence Diplomat
Envoy extraordinary and ministers of plenipotentiary
 ?4 November 1939 [JORF 1] Fouad Bey Hamza
Ambassadors
 ?9 October 1952 [JORF 2] Rashad Pharaon
 ?7 June 1955 [JORF 3] Talal bin Abdulaziz
 ?22 June 1963 [JORF 4] Rashad Pharaon
 ?25 July 1966 [JORF 5]
 ?27 October 1972 [JORF 6] Mohamed A. Alireza
 ?29 July 1976 [JORF 7] Jamil Ibrahim Hejailan
 ?7 February 1996 [JORF 8] Faisal Al Hegelan
 ?18 December 2003 [JORF 9] Mohammed bin Ismail Al-Sheikh
 ?15 February 2016 [JORF 10] Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari
30 December 2020Fahad M. Al Ruwaily

Consular section

The consular section of the embassy, charged among other visas, is located at 29 Rue des Graviers in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Military office

The embassy also has a military office at 87 rue de la Faisanderie in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Cultural Bureau

The Saudi Cultural Bureau, located at 26 rue Murillo in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is responsible for academic exchanges and the promotion of Saudi culture.

History

Earlier, the embassy was located at rue Andre Pascal in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, then 5 avenue Hoche in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

On 5 September 1973, during the 4th summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Algiers, and a year to the day after the hostage crisis at the Munich Olympics, the embassy has been hostage by a Palestinian commando demanding the release of Abu Daoud, leader of the Black September organization and hostage organizer of Munich, then detained in Jordan.

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References

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  2. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 246 du 14 octobre 1952, p. 9771.
  3. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 139 du 12 juin 1955, p. 5914.
  4. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 150 du 28 juin 1963, p. 5706.
  5. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 172 du 27 juillet 1966, p. 6460.
  6. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 255 du 31 octobre 1972, p. 11356.
  7. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 178 du 1er août 1976, p. 4683.
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