List of ambassadors of France to the United States

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.


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

Heads of mission

ImageFromUntilAmbassadors[3]
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]
17931794Edmond-Charles Genêt
17941795Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet[6][7]
17951796Pierre Auguste Adet
17961800Michel Ange Bernard Mangourit[8][9]
18001800Joseph Bonaparte[c]
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu[d]
Pierre Louis Roederer[e]
18011804Louis-André Pichon[f][10]
18041804Felix Beaujour
18041811General Louis Marie Turreau of Garambouville
18111815Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier
18151821Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville
18211824Jacques de Menou[citation needed][g]
18241830Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil
18301831Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux Rochelle
18311835Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier
18351837Alphonse Pageot[h]
18371838Charles Edward Pontois[11]
18381841Alphonse Pageot[i]
18411846Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt [fr]
18431849Alphonse Pageot[j]
18481849Guillaume-Tell de La Vallée Poussin[k]
18491850Charles Alphonse de Sain de Bois-le-Comte
18511860Count Eugène de Sartiges[13]
18601864Henri Mercier[14]
18641866Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville
18661870Jules Berthemy
18701870Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol
18701870Jules Berthemy
18701870Jules Treillard
18711871Henry de Bellonnet[l]
18721873Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles
18731877Amédée Bartholdi[15]
18771882Georges Maxime Outrey[16]
18821891Théodore Roustan[17][18]
18911897Jules Patenôtre des Noyers
18971902Jules Cambon
19021924Jean Jules Jusserand
19241925Emile Daeschner[19]
19251926Henry Bérenger[20]
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
19541956Maurice Couve de Murville
19561965Hervé Alphand
19651972Charles Lucet
19721977Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet[21]
19771981François Lefebvre de Laboulaye
19811984Bernard Vernier-Palliez
19841989Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie
19891995Jacques Andreani
19952002François Bujon de l'Estang
20022007Jean-David Levitte
20072010Pierre Vimont
20112014François Delattre[22]
20142019Gérard Araud[23]
20192023Philippe Étienne[24]
2023-Laurent Bili[25]

See also

Notes

References