| Ambassador of United Arab Emirates to France | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms of the UAE | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Formation | 1971 |
The Emirati ambassador to France is the official representative of the Government in Abu Dhabi to the Government of the Republic of France and the Principality of Monaco.
The UAE Embassy in Paris was established on 14 February 1973. France's first Ambassador to the UAE was Paul Carton, then the French Ambassador to Kuwait. In February 1974, Paul Martin was appointed resident ambassador to Abu Dhabi with France opening its first embassy in the United Arab Emirates in 1974.
The UAE Embassy moved to its current site, 2 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg in the 7th arrondissement (formerly the headquarters of the Rally for the Republic party), in 2005. [1] In 1995, France and the UAE signed a defense partnership agreement, which was first activated by France in 2022 after Iranian-aligned Houthis in Yemen carried out a drone attack on Abu Dhabi. [2]
The Ambassador is also accredited to the Principality of Monaco as a non-resident Ambassador. [3] [4]
 | This article is missing information about need full list of ambassadors.(September 2024) |
| Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Emirati president | President of France | Term end | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Mahdi Al Tajir | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | Georges Pompidou (1971–1974) Alain Poher (1974–1974) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1980) | 1980 | Concurrently served as UAE Ambassador to United Kingdom |
| 1980 | Khalifa Ahmad Mubarak | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1980–1984) François Mitterrand (1981–1984) | 1984 | Assassinated in front of his residence on Avenue Charles Floquet, Paris; [5] [6] father of Khaldoon Al Mubarak [7] |
| 1984 | Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al-Jarman | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | François Mitterrand | Later served as Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations [8] [9] [10] | |
| 1995 | Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | Jacques Chirac | 1999 | Previously UAE Ambassador to Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland |
| Maadhad Hareb Al-Khaili | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 2017 | Later served as UAE Ambassador to Russia [11] [12] | ||
| 2017 | Omar Saif Ghobash | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Emmanuel Macron | 2018 | Son of Minister Saif Ghobash. Later served as UAE Ambassador to Russia |
| 2019 | Ali Abdullah Al-Ahmad | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Emmanuel Macron | 2021 | Later served as UAE Ambassador to Germany [13] |
| 2021 | Hend Al Otaiba | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Emmanuel Macron | 2024 | Previously led the UAE Foreign Ministry's Strategic Communications Department [14] |
| 2024 | Fahad Saeed Al Raqbani | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Emmanuel Macron | Incumbent | Previously the UAE Ambassador to Canada [15] |
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