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. Also available in Dutch. Additional references are provided below for specific individuals.
Start of termSources 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. End of term Ambassador (or diplomat of highest rankUnless 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.) 1830 1831 Charles Joseph, comte Bresson (special envoy) 1831 1832 Augustin Daniel Belliard 1832 1832 Auguste de Tallenay (chargé d'affaires and interim head of mission following the death of Belliard) 1832 1836 Charles Armand Septime de Faÿ de La Tour-MaubourgSon of Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg. 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 1848 1852 Théodore Quinette 1852 1852 Charles Adrien His, Comte de Butenval 1852 1853 Napoléon Maret, Duc de Bassano 1853 1858 Adolphe Barrot 1858 1860 Comte Gustave de Monttessuy 1860 1862 Baron de Talleyrand 1862 1863 Baron de Malaret 1863 1864 Théophile de Ferrière-le-Vayer 1864 1868 Comte de Comminges-Guitaut 1868 1870 Louis Étienne Arthur Dubreuil, vicomte de La Guéronnière 1870 1870 Jules Berthémy (never took office) 1870 1870 Paul de Laboulaye (chargé d'affaires) 1870 1871 Albert Tachard 1871 1873 Ernest Picard 1873 1876 Georges-Napoléon Baude 1876 1878 Joseph de Cadoine, Marquis de Gabriac 1878 1880 Tanneguy Duchâtel 1880 1882 Albert Decrais 1882 1886 Gustave Lannes, Comte de Montebello 1886 1894 Albert Bourée 1894 1897 Charles Jean Tristan de Montholon 1897 1906 Auguste Gérard 1906 1909 Olivier Le Fèvre Comte d’Ormesson 1909 1911 Paul Beau 1911 1918 Antony Wladislas Klobukowski 1918 1919 Albert Defrance 1919 1922 Pierre de Margerie 1922 1929 Maurice Herbette 1929 1931 Emmanuel de Peretti de la Rocca 1931 1933 Charles Corbin 1933 1935 Paul Claudel 1935 1937 Jules Laroche 1937 1940 Paul Bargeton 1942 1944 Jean-Claude Paris (representative of the Comité national français) 1944 1947 Raymond Brugère 1947 1952 Jean de Hauteclocque 1952 1956 Jean Rivière 1956 1962 Raymond Bousquet 1962 1963 Francis Lacoste 1963 1965 Henry Spitzmuller 1965 1970 Étienne de Crouy-Chanel 1970 1973 Gontran Begougne de Juniac 1973 1980 Francis Hure 1980 1983 Roger Vaurs 1983 1986 Jacques Thibau 1986 1986 Jean Audibert 1986 1988 Jacques Lecompt 1988 1991 Xavier Marie du Cauzé de Nazelle 1991 1993 Alain Pierret 1993 1998 Jacques Bernière 1998 2002 Jacques Rummelhardt 2003 2007 Joëlle Bourgois 2007 2009 Dominique Boché 2009 2012 Michèle Boccoz 2012 2015 Bernard Valero 2015 2019 Claude-France Arnould 2019 2021 Hélène Farnaud-Defromont 2021 Incumbent François Sénémaud
See also Belgium–France relations
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