List of ambassadors of Belgium to France

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Hôtel de La Marck, residence of the Ambassador

This is a list of ambassadors from Belgium to France , who head the Embassy of Belgium, Paris. Formally, they are the Ambassador of His Majesty the King of the Belgians to the French government.

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History

Apart from Prince Eugène de Ligne, who was Ambassador from 1842 to 1848, the diplomatic representatives of Belgium bore the title of "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" until 15 July 1919, when the post was elevated to an Ambassadorship.

The embassy is located at the Hôtel de La Marck, a private mansion at 25, rue de Surène in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. [1]

Heads of Mission

Minister Plenipotentiary (1831–1919)

Appointment Departure Ambassador King Sent to Note
18311842 Charles Le Hon Leopold I Louis Philippe I Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Count [2]
18421848 Eugène de Ligne Leopold I Louis Philippe I Ambassador Extraordinary. Prince [3]
18481864 Firmin Rogier Leopold I Louis Philippe I Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [3]
18641894 Eugène Beyens Leopold I Napoléon III Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Baron [3]
18941903 Auguste d'Anethan Leopold II Émile Loubet Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [3] Knight
19041910Alfred Leghait [4] Leopold II Armand Fallières Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [3] Baron
19101916Paul Guillaume [5] [6] Albert I Armand Fallières Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [3] Baron

Ambassadors (since 1919)

Appointment Departure Ambassador King Sent to Note3
19161935Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy Albert I Raymond Poincaré Director General of Politics from 1912 to 1916. [3] Baron
19351938 André de Kerchove de Denterghem Leopold III Léon Blum Count [3]
19381941Pol Le Tellier Leopold III Albert Lebrun
19441959 Jules Guillaume Prince Charles Charles de Gaulle Baron
19591966 [7] Marcel-Henri Jaspar Baudouin Charles de Gaulle
19661973 Robert Rothschild Baudouin Georges Pompidou Baron
19731976 Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem Baudouin Georges Pompidou Count
19761979 Werner de Merode Baudouin Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Prince
19791984 Alexandre Paternotte de la Vaillée Baudouin Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Baron
19851986Eugène Rittweger de Moor Baudouin François Mitterrand Baron
19861989 Luc Smolderen Baudouin François Mitterrand
19891996 Alfred Cahen Baudouin François Mitterrand
19962001Alain Rens Albert II Jacques Chirac
20012005 [8] Pierre-Étienne ChampenoisAlbert IIJacques Chirac
20052007Pierre-Dominique Schmidt Albert II Jacques ChiracRecalled following alleged embezzlement [9] [10]
2007 [11] 2010 Baudouin de la Kethulle de Ryhove Albert II Nicolas Sarkozy Knight
20102015 Patrick Vercauteren Drubbel Albert II Nicolas Sarkozy
20152018 Vincent Mertens de Wilmars Philippe François Hollande
20182023 François de Kerchove d'Exaerde Philippe Emmanuel Macron
2023Jo Indekeu [12] Philippe [13] Emmanuel Macron

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