The following is a list of ambassadors and other highest-ranking representatives of France to Romania. The embassy of France in Romania is the diplomatic representation of the French Republic, in Bucharest, the capital. Since 2023 the ambassador has been Nicolas Warnery.
History
During World War I, Romania joined the Allies and became known as "Greater Romania" between the two wars. In November 1938, diplomatic relations were elevated to the level of embassy. During the World War II, the Embassy continued to function, because the Vichy regime and that of Marshal Ion Antonescu (self-proclaimed " Romanian Petain") maintained official and friendly diplomatic relations. With the Liberation occurring at the same time in France and Romania, it also remained in operation during the post-war period. However, this activity was quite reduced during the communist regime in Romania, except in 1968 and 1979 when Charles de Gaulle and, then President Giscard d'Estaing, paid state visits to Nicolae Ceaușescu in Bucharest.
But 1989–1991 followed the fall of the dictatorship and the Iron Curtain, a period of intense activity, particularly at the level of the consulate and the commercial and cultural attachés, with the reestablishment of democracy, the market economy, free cultural relations and the free movement of goods and people; during this period, it was the French President François Mitterrand who paid a state visit to his Romanian counterpart Ion Iliescu.
Shortly after Romania joined the European Union in 2007, President Traian Băsescu declared his country's foreign policy a priority, along with France and the United States on an equal footing.
Ambassadors of France in Romania From To Ambassador 1881 1885 Maximilien-Napoléon-Théodore baron de RingAna-Maria Vele, REPREZENTAREA DIPLOMATICĂ A FRANŢEI ÎN ROMÂNIA, (1866–1914) 1885 1894 Gustave de Coutouly de Dorset 1894 1897 Eugène Thomas 1897 1904 Arsène Henry 1904 1907 Ernest-René Joseph Adrien Bourgarel 1907 1916 Jean-Camille Blondel 1917 1920 Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil, Count of Saint-Aulaire 1920 1923 Émile Daeschner 1933 1936 André d'Ormesson 1936 1940 Adrien Thierry 1940 1943 Jacques Truelle 1943 1944 Paul MorandAppointed by the Vichy government, source : http://www.ambafrance-ro.org/index.php/fr_FR/l-ambassade/l-ambassadeur/parmi-les-ambassadeurs-illustres/paul-morand 1944 1945 Roger SarretDelegate of the French National Committee 1945 1948 Jean Paul-BoncourChargé d'affaires. 1948 1950 Pierre CharpentierEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 1950 1952 Charles GaireChargé d'affaires during the vacancy of the position. 1952 1953 Renaud Sivan 1953 1958 Pierre Francfort 1958 1960 Jacques-Émile Paris 1960 1964 Pierre BouffanaisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, then Ambassador from 1963. 1964 1968 Louis Pons 1968 1972 Pierre Pelen 1972 1975 Francis Levasseur 1975 1977 Raoul Delaye 1977 1981 Pierre Cerles 1981 1983 Marcel Beaux 1983 1987 Michel Rougagnou 1987 1990 Jean-Marie Le Breton 1990 1993 Renaud Vignal 1993 1997 Bernard Boyer 1997 2002 Pierre Ménat 2002 2004 Philippe Étienne 2004 2007 Hervé Bolot 2007 2012 Henri Paul 2012 2014 Philippe Gustin 2014 2017 François Saint-PaulDécret du 29 mars 2014, JORF of April 2014. 2017 2020 Michèle RamisDécret du 20 avril 2017, JORF No. 95 of April 2017, texte No. 45, NOR MAEA1706301D. 2020 2023 Laurence Auer 2023 Present Nicolas WarneryDécret du 10 juillet 2023, JORF No. 0160 du 12 juillet 2023, texte No. 71, NOR EAEA2317440D.
See also France–Romania relations
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