List of ambassadors of France to Belgium
The following is a list of Ambassadors of France to Belgium. It also includes top-ranking French diplomats in Belgium who did not formally have the ambassador title.
The three main sources used to build the list are the website of the French Embassy in Brussels, a more formal list of French ambassadors post-World War II compiled by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and two more detailed lists of high-ranking diplomats which only cover parts of the 19th century.[1][2][3][4] Additional references are provided below for specific individuals.
| Start of term[note 1] | End of term[note 1] | Ambassador (or diplomat of highest rank[note 2]) |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | 1831 | Charles Joseph, comte Bresson (special envoy) |
| 1831 | 1832 | Augustin Daniel Belliard |
| 1832 | 1832 | (chargé d'affaires and interim head of mission following the death of Belliard)[5][6] |
| 1832 | 1836 | [note 3] |
| 1836 | 1840 | Louis Sérurier |
| 1840 | 1848 | Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquess of Rumigny (ambassador) |
| 1848 | 1848 | Louis Sérurier (chargé d'affaires) |
| 1848 | 1848 | Mr. Bellocq [7] |
| 1848 | 1852 | [7] |
| 1852 | 1852 | , Comte de Butenval |
| 1852 | 1853 | , Duc de Bassano |
| 1853 | 1858 | Adolphe Barrot |
| 1858 | 1860 | |
| 1860 | 1862 | Baron de Talleyrand |
| 1862 | 1863 | |
| 1863 | 1864 | |
| 1864 | 1868 | |
| 1868 | 1870 | Louis Étienne Arthur Dubreuil, vicomte de La Guéronnière[8] |
| 1870 | 1870 | (never took office) |
| 1870 | 1870 | (chargé d'affaires) |
| 1870 | 1871 | |
| 1871 | 1873 | Ernest Picard |
| 1873 | 1876 | |
| 1876 | 1878 | |
| 1878 | 1880 | |
| 1880 | 1882 | Albert Decrais |
| 1882 | 1886 | |
| 1886 | 1894 | |
| 1894 | 1897 | |
| 1897 | 1906 | |
| 1906 | 1909 | |
| 1909 | 1911 | |
| 1911 | 1918 | |
| 1918 | 1919 | |
| 1919 | 1922 | |
| 1922 | 1929 | |
| 1929 | 1931 | |
| 1931 | 1933 | Charles Corbin |
| 1933 | 1935 | Paul Claudel |
| 1935 | 1937 | |
| 1937 | 1940 | |
| 1942 | 1944 | (representative of the Comité national français) |
| 1944 | 1947 | |
| 1947 | 1952 | |
| 1952 | 1956 | Jean Rivière |
| 1956 | 1962 | |
| 1962 | 1963 | |
| 1963 | 1965 | |
| 1965 | 1970 | |
| 1970 | 1973 | |
| 1973 | 1980 | |
| 1980 | 1983 | |
| 1983 | 1986 | |
| 1986 | 1986 | |
| 1986 | 1988 | |
| 1988 | 1991 | |
| 1991 | 1993 | |
| 1993 | 1998 | |
| 1998 | 2002 | |
| 2003 | 2007 | |
| 2007 | 2009 | |
| 2009 | 2012 | |
| 2012 | 2015 | |
| 2015 | – | Claude-France Arnould |
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sources typically do not explain what they consider as the start of term of the diplomat (day on which the diplomat was named, took office, presented his Letter of credence and so on). This can explain some of the slight discrepancies of dates from one list to another.
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, individuals in this list from 1831 to 1906 had the title of Minister Plenipotentiary or (equivalently) Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Starting in 1909 they hold the title of Ambassador.
- ^ Son of Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Liste chronologique des Ambassadeurs" (in French). Embassy of France in Brussels. Retrieved 20 January 2013. Also available in Dutch.
- ^ "Liste chronologique des représentants permanents de la France avec rang d'ambassadeur auprès de commissions, organisations et conférences internationales" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). p. 42. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ Count Guillaume de Garden (1861). Répertoire diplomatique: annales du droit des gens et de la politique extérieure (in French). J. Claye. pp. 45–46 (2nd volume).
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France) (1887). "X: Ambassadeurs, envoyés extraordinaires, etc de France à l'étranger de 1815 à 1855". Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République Française (in French). 9. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale. p. 321.
- ^ Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique. Bruylant. 1834. p. 214. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Nothomb, Jean-Baptiste (1876). "(Footnote from the 4th edition)". Essai historique & politique sur la révolution belge (in French). Librairie européenne C. Muquardt. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Désiré François Joseph de Garcia de la Vega (1857). Guide pratique des agents du Ministère des affaires étrangères de Belgique (in French). Auguste Decq. p. 236. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "List of ambassadors of France to Belgium", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
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