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List of ambassadors of Belgium to France

This is a list of ambassadors from Belgium to France, who head the Embassy of Belgium, Paris. Formally, they are the Ambassador of His Majesty the King of the Belgians to the French government.

Hôtel de La Marck, residence of the Ambassador

History

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Apart from Prince Eugène de Ligne, who was Ambassador from 1842 to 1848, the diplomatic representatives of Belgium bore the title of "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" until 15 July 1919, when the post was elevated to an Ambassadorship.

The embassy is located at the Hôtel de La Marck, a private mansion at 25, rue de Surène in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.[1]

Heads of Mission

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Minister Plenipotentiary (1831–1919)

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Appointment Departure Ambassador King Sent to Note
1831 1842 Charles Le Hon Leopold I Louis Philippe I Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Count[2]
1842 1848 Eugène de Ligne Leopold I Louis Philippe I Ambassador Extraordinary. Prince[3]
1848 1864 Firmin Rogier Leopold I Louis Philippe I Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[3]
1864 1894 Eugène Beyens Leopold I Napoléon III Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Baron[3]
1894 1903 Auguste d'Anethan Leopold II Émile Loubet Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[3] Knight
1904 1910 Alfred Leghait[4] Leopold II Armand Fallières Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[3] Baron
1910 1916 Paul Guillaume[5][6] Albert I Armand Fallières Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[3] Baron

Ambassadors (since 1919)

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Appointment Departure Ambassador King Sent to Note3
1916 1935 Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy Albert I Raymond Poincaré Director General of Politics from 1912 to 1916.[3] Baron
1935 1938 André de Kerchove de Denterghem Leopold III Léon Blum Count[3]
1938 1941 Pol Le Tellier Leopold III Albert Lebrun
1944 1959 Jules Guillaume Prince Charles Charles de Gaulle Baron
1959 1966[7] Marcel-Henri Jaspar Baudouin Charles de Gaulle
1966 1973 Robert Rothschild Baudouin Georges Pompidou Baron
1973 1976 Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem Baudouin Georges Pompidou Count
1976 1979 Werner de Merode Baudouin Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Prince
1979 1984 Alexandre Paternotte de la Vaillée Baudouin Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Baron
1985 1986 Eugène Rittweger de Moor Baudouin François Mitterrand Baron
1986 1989 Luc Smolderen Baudouin François Mitterrand
1989 1996 Alfred Cahen Baudouin François Mitterrand
1996 2001 Alain Rens Albert II Jacques Chirac
2001 2005[8] Pierre-Étienne Champenois Albert II Jacques Chirac
2005 2007 Pierre-Dominique Schmidt Albert II Jacques Chirac Recalled following alleged embezzlement[9][10]
2007[11] 2010 Baudouin de la Kethulle de Ryhove Albert II Nicolas Sarkozy Knight
2010 2015 Patrick Vercauteren Drubbel Albert II Nicolas Sarkozy
2015 2018 Vincent Mertens de Wilmars Philippe François Hollande
2018 2023 François de Kerchove d'Exaerde Philippe Emmanuel Macron
2023 Jo Indekeu[12] Philippe[13] Emmanuel Macron

References

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  1. ^ Library of Congress Office for Subject Cataloging Policy (1990). A-E Subject Headings. Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress. p. 1344. Retrieved 13 June 2024. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ de la Vaillée, Alexandre Paternotte (1981). L'Hôtel de la Marck : Ambassade de Belgique (PDF). Berger-Levrault. p. 101-110. ISBN 978-2-70130-468-7. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Alexandre Paternotte de la Vaillée 1981, p. 101-102.
  4. ^ "Nécrologie | La Temps". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Gallica. 17 April 1917. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ Bitsch 1994
  6. ^ Bitsch, Marie-Thérèse (1994). La Belgique entre la France et l'Allemagne, 1905-1914 (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne. p. 574. ISBN 978-2-85944-239-2. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ^ Wellens, Robert (1982). Inventaire des Papiers de Marcel-Henri Jaspar, député, ministre et ambassadeur de Belgique. Brussels. Retrieved 13 June 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Éléments biographiques de Pierre-Étienne Champenois. Détails sur abonnement.
  9. ^ "Financial scandal forces Belgium to pull the plug on 'disco". The Independent. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Two - year suspended sentence for the former Belgian ambassador to Paris". The Brussels Times. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Baudouin de la Kethulle probable futur ambassadeur à Paris". La Libre Belgique (in French). 3 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Le nouvel ambassadeur belge en France est connu". Le Soir (in French). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  13. ^ "La Belgique en France". france.diplomatie.belgium.be (in French). SPF Affaires étrangères - Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

Sources

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  • Alexandre Paternotte de la Vaillée (1981). L'Hôtel de la Marck: Ambassade de Belgique (in French). Berger-Levrault. ISBN 978-2-70130-468-7.
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