List of ambassadors of France to the United States

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France's Ambassador
to the United States of America
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French Ambassador to the United States Laurent Bili (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Laurent Bili
since 14 February 2023
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
French Embassy, Washington D.C.
Style His Excellency
Residence French Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C.
Inaugural holder Conrad-Alexandre Gérard
Formation1778
Website French 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.

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Heads of mission

Ancien Regime (before 1792)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [3]
Conrad Alexandre Gerard portrait.jpg 17781779 Conrad-Alexandre Gérard
Anne Cesar de la Luzerne.jpg 17791784 Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne
Barbe de Marbois.jpg 17841785 François Barbé-Marbois [lower-alpha 1]
Le comte Otto de Mosloy et le comte Pelet.jpg 17851787 Louis-Guillaume Otto [lower-alpha 2]
17871789 Elénor-François-Elie, Comte de Moustier [4]
Jean-Baptiste de Ternant, 1781.jpg 17911793Chevalier Jean Baptiste Ternant [5]

First French Republic

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [6]
Edmond Charles Genet (1763-1834).jpg 17931794 Edmond-Charles Genêt
17941795 Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet [7] [8]
Pierre Auguste Adet.jpg 17951796 Pierre Auguste Adet
Michel Ange Bernard de Mangourit.png 17961800 Michel Ange Bernard Mangourit [9] [10]
Joseph-Bonaparte.jpg 18001800 Joseph Bonaparte [lower-alpha 3]
Presumed portrait of Charles-Pierre Claret - Versailles.png Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu [lower-alpha 4]
Pierre-Louis Roederer.jpg Pierre Louis Roederer [lower-alpha 5]
18011804 Louis-André Pichon [lower-alpha 6] [11]

First French Empire (180415)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [12]
18041804 Felix Beaujour
Louis Marie Turreau (detail).jpg 18041811General Louis Marie Turreau of Garambouville
18111815 Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier

Kingdom of France (181548)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [13]
Jean-Guillaume Hyde de Neuville.jpg 18151821 Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville
Jacques Menou 1750 1810.jpg 18211824 Jacques de Menou [ citation needed ] [lower-alpha 7]
Joseph, Alexandre, Jacques Durant Comte de Mareuil.jpg 18241830 Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil
18301831 Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux Rochelle
18311835 Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier
18351837Alphonse Pageot [lower-alpha 8]
18371838Charles Edward Pontois [14]
18381841Alphonse Pageot [lower-alpha 9]
Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt (1801-1865).jpg 18411846 Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt  [ fr ]
18431849Alphonse Pageot [lower-alpha 10]

Second French Republic (184852)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [16]
18481849 Guillaume-Tell de La Vallée Poussin [lower-alpha 11]
18491850Charles Alphonse de Sain de Bois-le-Comte
18511860Count Eugène de Sartiges [17]

Second French Empire (185270)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [18]
18511860Count Eugène de Sartiges [19]
18601864 Henri Mercier [20]
Marquis de Montholon - crop.JPG 18641866 Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville
18661870Jules Berthemy
Paradol Prevost, French Minister - NARA - 526814 (cropped).jpg 18701870 Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol
18701870Jules Berthemy

Third French Republic (18701940)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [21]
18701870Jules Treillard
18711871Henry de Bellonnet [lower-alpha 12]
Emmanuel-Henri-Victurnien-Marquis de noailles-crop.jpg 18721873 Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles
18731877Amédée Bartholdi [22]
18771882Georges Maxime Outrey [23]
Theodore Roustan en 1881.jpg 18821891 Théodore Roustan [24] [25]
Jules Patenotre des Noyers.jpg 18911897 Jules Patenôtre des Noyers
Jules Cambon 1932b.jpg 18971902 Jules Cambon
Jean Jules Jusserand cph.3b15757.jpg 19021924 Jean Jules Jusserand
Emile Daeschner.jpg 19241925 Emile Daeschner [26]
Henry Berenger-1925.jpg 19251926 Henry Bérenger [27]
Paul Claudel cph.3b31258.jpg 19261933 Paul Claudel
Andre Lefebvre de Laboulaye.jpg 19331937 André Lefebvre de La Boulaye
Georges Bonnet 1937.jpg 19371938 Georges Bonnet
French Ambassador sees President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 29. Count de Saint-Quentin, French Ambassador, leaving the White House today after an especially requested conference with LCCN2016877698.jpg 19381940 René Doynel de Saint-Quentin
Gaston Henry-Haye 1932.jpg 19401942 Gaston Henry-Haye
Lot 11611-2 (25233865406).jpg 19411942 Adrien Tixier [lower-alpha 13]
19431943 Henri Hoppenot [lower-alpha 14]
Ondertekening van het Handvest der Verenigde Volkeren Henri Bonnet, Bestanddeelnr 900-9056 (cropped).jpg 19441954 Henri Bonnet

Fourth French Republic (194658)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [28]
Ondertekening van het Handvest der Verenigde Volkeren Henri Bonnet, Bestanddeelnr 900-9056 (cropped).jpg 19441954 Henri Bonnet
Opening NATO conferentie Couve de Murville en Luns, Bestanddeelnr 916-4274 (cropped).jpg 19541956 Maurice Couve de Murville
19561965 Hervé Alphand

Fifth French Republic (1958present)

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors [29] President of France
19561965 Hervé Alphand Charles de Gaulle
Pertini Lucet 1972 cropped.png 19651972 Charles Lucet Charles de Gaulle]
Georges Pompidou
19721977 Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet [30] Georges Pompidou
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
19771981 François Lefebvre de Laboulaye Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
19811984 Bernard Vernier-Palliez François Mitterrand
Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie and Ronald Reagan.jpg 19841989 Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie François Mitterrand
19891995 Jacques Andreani Jacques Chirac
Bujon.jpg 19952002 François Bujon de l'Estang Jacques Chirac
Jean-David Levitte.jpg 20022007 Jean-David Levitte Jacques Chirac
Pierre Vimont.jpg 20072010 Pierre Vimont Nicolas Sarkozy
Francois DELATTRE .jpg 20112014 François Delattre [31] Nicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
Gerard Araud 2011 (cropped).jpg 20142019 Gérard Araud [32] François Hollande
Emmanuel Macron
Philippe Etienne 2020 (cropped).jpg 20192023 Philippe Étienne [33] Emmanuel Macron
French Ambassador to the United States Laurent Bili (cropped).jpg 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.

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