Albania established diplomatic ties with France in the years following the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. France had played an important role in the survival of the Albanian State. In 1916, it established a military protectorate in the region of Korçë. After World War II, it was the first Western country to reinstate its diplomatic mission in Tirana, doing so in 1945. France also participated in the successful ALBA operation led by Italy in the spring of 1997, which helped restore public order and organize legislative elections in the summer of that year.
List of diplomatic representatives of Albania to France (1922–present)
Name Title1Midhat FrashëriAmbassador192219232Xhaferr VilaConsul192519253Iliaz VrioniAmbassador192519274Dhimitër KosturiConsul192819325Ekrem LibohovaAmbassador193319366Kahreman YlliAmbassador194619497Behar ShtyllaAmbassador195019528Dhimitër LamaniAmbassador195819629Kristaq MishaAmbassador1962196710Javer MaloAmbassador1967197511Misto TreskaAmbassador1979198112Petraq PojaniAmbassador1981198213Maxhun PekaAmbassador1982198814Arqile SeminiAmbassador1989199115Besnik MustafajAmbassador1992199716Luan RamaAmbassador1997200117Ferit HoxhaAmbassador2001200618Ylljet AliçkaAmbassador2007201319Dritan TolaAmbassador2013Present
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