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List of French ambassadors to the United States

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France's Ambassador
to the United States of America
Coat of Arms of French Republic
Incumbent
Laurent Bili
since 14 February 2023
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
French Embassy, Washington D.C.
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceFrench Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C.
Inaugural holderConrad-Alexandre Gérard
Formation1778
WebsiteFrench 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.

Heads of mission

Ancien Regime (before 1792)

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17781779Conrad-Alexandre Gérard
17791784Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne
17841785François Barbé-Marbois[a]
17851787Louis-Guillaume Otto[b]
17871789Elénor-François-Elie, Comte de Moustier[4]
17911793Chevalier Jean Baptiste Ternant[5]

First French Republic

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17931794Edmond-Charles Genêt
17941795Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet[7][8]
17951796Pierre Auguste Adet
17961800Michel Ange Bernard Mangourit[9][10]
18001800Joseph Bonaparte[c]
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu[d]
Pierre Louis Roederer[e]
18011804Louis-André Pichon[f][11]

First French Empire (1804–15)

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18041804Felix Beaujour
18041811General Louis Marie Turreau of Garambouville
18111815Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier

Kingdom of France (1815–48)

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18151821Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville
18211824Jean-Baptiste Pétry[g]
18241830Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil
18301831Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux Rochelle
18311835Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier
18351837Alphonse Pageot[h]
18371838Charles Edward Pontois[14]
18381841Alphonse Pageot[i]
18411846Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt
18431849Alphonse Pageot[j]

Second French Republic (1848–52)

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18481849Guillaume-Tell de La Vallée Poussin[k]
18491850Charles Alphonse de Sain de Bois-le-Comte
18511860Count Eugène de Sartiges[17]

Second French Empire (1852–70)

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18511860Count Eugène de Sartiges[19]
18601864Henri Mercier[20]
18641866Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville
18661870Jules Berthemy
18701870Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol
18701870Jules Berthemy

Third French Republic (1870–1940)

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18701870Jules Treillard
18711871Henry de Bellonnet[l]
18721873Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles
18731877Amédée Bartholdi[22]
18771882Georges Maxime Outrey[23]
18821891Théodore Roustan[24][25]
18911897Jules Patenôtre des Noyers
18971902Jules Cambon
19021924Jean Jules Jusserand
19241925Emile Daeschner[26]
19251926Henry Bérenger[27]
19261933Paul Claudel
19331937André Lefebvre de La Boulaye
19371938Georges Bonnet
19381940René Doynel de Saint-Quentin
19401942Gaston Henry-Haye
19411942Adrien Tixier[m]
19431943Henri Hoppenot[n]
19441954Henri Bonnet

Fourth French Republic (1946–58)

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19441954Henri Bonnet
19541956Maurice Couve de Murville
19561965Hervé Alphand

Fifth French Republic (1958–2025)

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19561965Hervé AlphandCharles de Gaulle
19651972Charles LucetCharles de Gaulle]
Georges Pompidou
19721977Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet[30]Georges Pompidou
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
19771981François Lefebvre de LaboulayeValéry Giscard d'Estaing
19811984Bernard Vernier-PalliezFrançois Mitterrand
19841989Emmanuel Jacquin de MargerieFrançois Mitterrand
19891995Jacques AndreaniJacques Chirac
19952002François Bujon de l'EstangJacques Chirac
20022007Jean-David LevitteJacques Chirac
20072010Pierre VimontNicolas Sarkozy
20112014François Delattre[31]Nicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
20142019Gérard Araud[32]François Hollande
Emmanuel Macron
20192023Philippe Étienne[33]Emmanuel Macron
20232025Laurent 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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  20. "Picture History : Henri Mercier, French Minister to the U.S." Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
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  25. "Théodore ROUSTAN". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
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  27. "Died". Time magazine. April 17, 1933. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
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  30. "Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet". The Independent. London. 28 May 1994. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
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  32. "The Ambassador". France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.
  33. "Philippe Etienne Confirmed as the New French Ambassador in Washington". 6 May 2019.
  34. "Mr. Laurent Bili is the new Ambassador of France to the United States". Consulat Général de France à San Francisco. Retrieved 2023-04-24.