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
Coat of Arms of French Republic
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
Formation	1778
Website	French Embassy – Washington

Heads of mission

Ancien Regime (before 1792)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[3]
	1778	1779	Conrad-Alexandre Gérard
	1779	1784	Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne
	1784	1785	François Barbé-Marbois[lower-alpha 1]
	1785	1787	Louis-Guillaume Otto[lower-alpha 2]
	1787	1789	Elénor-François-Elie, Comte de Moustier[4]
	1791	1793	Chevalier Jean Baptiste Ternant[5]

First French Republic

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[6]
	1793	1794	Edmond-Charles Genêt
	1794	1795	Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet[7][8]
	1795	1796	Pierre Auguste Adet
	1796	1800	Michel Ange Bernard Mangourit[9][10]
	1800	1800	Joseph Bonaparte[lower-alpha 3]
			Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu[lower-alpha 4]
			Pierre Louis Roederer[lower-alpha 5]
	1801	1804	Louis-André Pichon[lower-alpha 6][11]

First French Empire (1804–15)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[12]
	1804	1804	Felix Beaujour
	1804	1811	General Louis Marie Turreau of Garambouville
	1811	1815	Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier

Kingdom of France (1815–48)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[13]
	1815	1821	Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville
	1821	1824	Jacques de Menou[citation needed][lower-alpha 7]
	1824	1830	Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil
	1830	1831	Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux Rochelle
	1831	1835	Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier
	1835	1837	Alphonse Pageot[lower-alpha 8]
	1837	1838	Charles Edward Pontois[14]
	1838	1841	Alphonse Pageot[lower-alpha 9]
	1841	1846	Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt [fr]
	1843	1849	Alphonse Pageot[lower-alpha 10]

Second French Republic (1848–52)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[16]
	1848	1849	Guillaume-Tell de La Vallée Poussin[lower-alpha 11]
	1849	1850	Charles Alphonse de Sain de Bois-le-Comte
	1851	1860	Count Eugène de Sartiges[17]

Second French Empire (1852–70)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[18]
	1851	1860	Count Eugène de Sartiges[19]
	1860	1864	Henri Mercier[20]
	1864	1866	Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville
	1866	1870	Jules Berthemy
	1870	1870	Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol
	1870	1870	Jules Berthemy

Third French Republic (1870–1940)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[21]
	1870	1870	Jules Treillard
	1871	1871	Henry de Bellonnet[lower-alpha 12]
	1872	1873	Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles
	1873	1877	Amédée Bartholdi[22]
	1877	1882	Georges Maxime Outrey[23]
	1882	1891	Théodore Roustan[24][25]
	1891	1897	Jules Patenôtre des Noyers
	1897	1902	Jules Cambon
	1902	1924	Jean Jules Jusserand
	1924	1925	Emile Daeschner[26]
	1925	1926	Henry Bérenger[27]
	1926	1933	Paul Claudel
	1933	1937	André Lefebvre de La Boulaye
	1937	1938	Georges Bonnet
	1938	1940	René Doynel de Saint-Quentin
	1940	1942	Gaston Henry-Haye
	1941	1942	Adrien Tixier[lower-alpha 13]
	1943	1943	Henri Hoppenot[lower-alpha 14]
	1944	1954	Henri Bonnet

Fourth French Republic (1946–58)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[28]
	1944	1954	Henri Bonnet
	1954	1956	Maurice Couve de Murville
	1956	1965	Hervé Alphand

Fifth French Republic (1958–present)

Image	From	Until	Ambassadors[29]	President of France
	1956	1965	Hervé Alphand	Charles de Gaulle
	1965	1972	Charles Lucet	Charles de Gaulle] Georges Pompidou
	1972	1977	Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet[30]	Georges Pompidou Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
	1977	1981	François Lefebvre de Laboulaye	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
	1981	1984	Bernard Vernier-Palliez	François Mitterrand
	1984	1989	Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie	François Mitterrand
	1989	1995	Jacques Andreani	Jacques Chirac
	1995	2002	François Bujon de l'Estang	Jacques Chirac
	2002	2007	Jean-David Levitte	Jacques Chirac
	2007	2010	Pierre Vimont	Nicholas Sarkozy
	2011	2014	François Delattre[31]	Nicholas Sarkozy François Hollande
	2014	2019	Gérard Araud[32]	François Hollande Emmanuel Macron
	2019	2023	Philippe Étienne[33]	Emmanuel Macron
	2023	-	Laurent Bili[34]	Emmanuel Macron

See also

• List of ambassadors of the United States to France

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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