The chronology of French ambassadors to Italy begins in 1872 with Hugues Fournier and extends to the present. Camille Barrère has the longest tenure recorded, serving from 1897 to 1924.
List FromToAmbassador18721873Hugues Fournier18751882Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles18821886Albert Decrais18861888Charles de Mouy18881890Jean-Baptiste Mariani18901897Albert Billot18971924Camille Barrère19241927René Besnard19271932Maurice Delarüe Caron de Beaumarchais19331933Henry de Jouvenel19331936Count Charles de Chambrun19361938Jules Francois Blondel19381940André François-Poncet19441946Maurice Couve de Murville19461946Alexandre Parodi19461947Georges Balay19471957Jacques Fouques-Duparc19571962Gaston Palewski19621967Armand Berard19671972Etienne Burin des Roziers19721975Charles Lucet19751981Francois Puaux19811982Jacques Senard19821984Gilles Martinet19841988Jacques Andreani19881991Gilbert Perol19911993Philippe Cuvillier19931995Jean Louis Lucet19951998Jean-Bernard Mérimée19982002Jacques Blot20022005Loïc Hennekinne20052007Yves Aubin de La Messuziere20072011Jean-Marc de La Sablière20112014Alain Le Roy20142017Catherine Colonna20172023Christian Masset 20232026Martin Briens2026Anne-Marie Descôtes See also France–Italy relations List of ambassadors of Italy to France References