List of ambassadors of France to Japan

The list of ambassadors of France to Japan began developing in the same year that the American Commodore Perry "opened" Japan's doors to the West.

Franco-Japanese diplomatic relations were initially established during the Second Empire of French history and the Edo period of Japanese history.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors of the Second Empire Head of mission Tenure begins Tenure ends French head of state Japanese emperor Jean-Baptiste Louis GrosJean-Marie Thiébaud. Liste des ambassadeurs, consuls généraux et ministres plénipotentiaires de France au Japon 1858 1858 Napoleon III Kōmei Charles de Chassiron 1858 1859 Gustave Duchesne de BellecourtMedzini, Meron. (1971). . 1859 1863 Léon RochesMedzini, . 1863 1868 Maxime Outrey 1868 1871 Meiji

Ambassadors of the Third Republic Head of mission Tenure begins Tenure ends French head of state Japanese emperor Paul Louis de Turenne 1871 1872 Adolphe Thiers Meiji 1872 1890 Patrice Mac-MahonJules Grévy Joseph Adam Sienkiewicz 1890 1892 Sadi Carnot Jules HarmandEnvoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire 1894 1905 Jean Casimir-PerierFélix FaureÉmile Loubet Gaston Raindre 1905 1909 Armand Fallières Auguste Gérard 1909 1914 Taishō Eugène Regnault 1914 1918 Raymond Poincaré Roger Maugras () 1918 1919 Edmond Bapst 1919 1921 Paul DeschanelAlexandre MillerandGaston DoumerguePaul Doumer Paul Claudel 1921 1927 Robert de Billy 1927 1929 Shōwa Alfred de Martel 1929 1933 Fernand Pila 1935 1936 Albert LebrunHenri Pétain 1937 1943

Ambassadors of the Fourth Republic Head of mission Tenure begins Tenure ends French head of state Japanese emperor Zinovi PechkoffHead of the French mission and SCAP liaison () 1946 1950 Vincent Auriol Shōwa Maurice DejeanChief of the French mission and SCAP liaison prior to 5 May 1952; then ambassador 1950 1953 Daniel Lévi 1953 1956 Armand Bérard 1956 1959 René Coty

Ambassadors of the Fifth Republic Head of mission Tenure begins Tenure ends French head of state Japanese emperor Jean Daridan 1959 1961 Charles de Gaulle Shōwa Étienne Dennery 1961 1964 François Missoffe 1964 1966 Louis de Guiringaud 1966 1972 Georges Pompidou François Lefebvre de Laboulaye 1972 1975 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Jean-Pierre Brunet 1975 1977 Louis Dauge 1977 1979 Xavier Daufresne de la Chevalerie 1979 1982 François Mitterrand André Ross 1982 1985 Gilbert Pérol 1985 1987 Bernard Dorin 1987 1991 Akihito Loïc Hennekinne 1991 1993 Jean-Bernard Ouvrieu 1993 1998 Jacques Chirac Maurice Gourdault-Montagne 1998 2002 Bernard Faubournet de MontferrandFranzösische Botschaft in Deutschland, Lebenslauf Botschafter Bernard de Montferrand 2002 2006 Gildas Le Lidec 2006 2007 Philippe Faure 2007 2011 Nicolas Sarkozy Christian Masset 2011 2014 Francois Hollande Thierry Dana 2014 2017 Laurent Pic 2017 2020 Emmanuel Macron 2020 Naruhito

See also Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan

Notes

References Auslin, Michael R. (2004). Negotiating with Imperialism: The Unequal Treaties and the Culture of Japanese Diplomacy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 56493769 Halleck, Henry Wager. (1861). International law: or, Rules regulating the intercourse of states in peace and war New York: D. Van Nostrand. OCLC 852699 Medzini, Meron. (1971). French policy in Japan during the closing years of the Tokugawa regime. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 161422

The initial draft of this article was developed using material found at Ambassade de France au Japon in the French Wikipedia.