List of ambassadors of France to Greece

The following is a (currently) incomplete list of Ambassadors of France to Greece.

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For ambassadors and high-ranking diplomats of France in Greece who were active between 1815 and 1905, the data below is taken from a list of diplomats published in 1906 by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] For ambassadors and diplomats who were active after 1944, the data comes from two more recent lists also compiled by the ministry.[2][3] Additional individual references are given in the table.

Start of term End of term Ambassador (or diplomat of highest rank)
18281835Achille Rouen (Consul General until 1833 and Resident Minister afterwards)
1843Théodore de Lagrené[4] (Resident Minister until 1840 and Minister Plenipotentiary afterwards)
18431847Théobald Piscatory[5] (Minister Plenipotentiary)
1848Philippe Eugène Guillemot (Chargé d'Affaires)
18491850Édouard Thouvenel (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18501851Victor Lobstein (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18511854Baron Alexandre de Forth-Rouen (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18541857Henri Mercier (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18571859Jean-Charles de Montherot (Minister Plenipotentiary)
18591859Vicomte de Serres (Minister Plenipotentiary)
18591863Nicolas Prosper Bourée (Minister Plenipotentiary)
18641868Joseph Arthur de Gobineau (Minister Plenipotentiary)
18681870Georges-Napoléon Baude (Minister Plenipotentiary)
18721872Marquis de Cazeaux (Interim Chargé d'Affaires)
18721872Jules Ferry (Minister Plenipotentiary)
18721873Vicomte Roger de Borrelli (Interim Chargé d'Affaires)
18731876Marquis de Gabriac (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18761880Charles Tissot (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18801880Maurice Ternaux-Compans (Interim Chargé d'Affaires)
18801880Baron des Michels (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18801886Charles de Moüy (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18861894Charles Jean Tristan de Montholon (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18941897Frédéric Albert Bourée (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
18971909Olivier d'Ormesson (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
19091915Gabriel Deville[6] (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
19151917Jean Guillemin[7] (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
August 1917[8]1921Robert de Billy[9]
19211921Jean Tripier (Interim Chargé d'affaires)
December 1921October 1924Henri Chassain de Marcilly (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
19241926Charles de Chambrun (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
19271927Louis Frédéric Clément-Simon[10]
...
??1938Adrien-Joseph-Marie Thierry[11] (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
19381941Gaston Maugras[12]
February 19411941Jean Helleu[13] (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
19441945Jean Baelen (representative of the Provisional Government)
19451951Christian Carra de Vaux de Saint-Cyr
19511955Jean Baelen
19551957Pierre Albert Charpentier
19571964Guy de Girard de Charbonnières
19641969Jacques Baeyens
19691973Bernard Durand
19731975Christian Jacquin de Margerie
19751977Jean-Marie Mérillon
19771980Jacques de Folin
19801981Philippe Rebeyrol
19811985Dominique Charpy
19851987Pierre-Louis Blanc
19871989Marcel Plaisant
19891992Jacques Thibau
19921995Jean Cadet
19952000Bernard Kessedjian
20002003Jean-Maurice Ripert
20032007Bruno Delaye
20072011Christophe Farnaud
20112015Jean-Loup Kuhn-Delforge
20152019Christophe Chantepy

See also

References
  1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France) (1906). "XII". Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République française. Paris Imprimerie Nationale. OCLC 7087084. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. "Liste chronologique des représentants permanents de la France avec rang d'ambassadeur auprès de commissions, organisations et conférences internationales" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). p. 62. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  3. "Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs" (in French). French Embassy in Athens. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny. "Marie, Melchior, Joseph, Théodore DE LAGRENÉ (biographie)". Excerpt from the authors' Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889 (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 12 January 2013. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  5. Pierangelo, Marion (18 April 2007). "François Guizot et Jean Colettis. La relation franco-grecque revisitée". Bulletin de l’Institut Pierre Renouvin (in French). Institut Pierre Renouvin. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  6. Jolly, Jean. "Gabriel DEVILLE: Biographie". (excerpted from Jean Jolly's book: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1889 à 1940) (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  7. S. P. Phocas-Cosmetatos (1970). Dossiers secrets de la Triple entente: Grèce, 1914-1922 (in French). Nouvelles Éditions latines. p. 135.
  8. From January 1917, French representative towards the Provisional Government of National Defence in Salonica
  9. Miranda Stavrinou (1996). "Gustave Fougères, l'École française d'Athènes et la propagande en Grèce durant les années 1917-1918". Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (in French). 120. pp. 83–99. doi:10.3406/bch.1996.4589. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Karel Kramář, sk:Vratislav Doubek, Korespondence T.G. Masaryk-Karel Kramář, Masarykův ústav AV ČR, 2005, S. 493
  11. "Un mouvement diplomatique". Journal des Débats (in French). 29 May 1940. ISSN 1770-619X. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  13. "Jean Helleu". Senate. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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