List of ambassadors of Belgium to France
List of Belgian Ambassadors 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.
History
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
Minister Plenipotentiary (1831–1919)
Appointment | Departure | Ambassador | King | Sent to | Note |
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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)
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
- ^ 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.
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has generic name (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Alexandre Paternotte de la Vaillée 1981, p. 101-102.
- ^ "Nécrologie | La Temps". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Gallica. 17 April 1917. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Bitsch 1994
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wellens, Robert (1982). Inventaire des Papiers de Marcel-Henri Jaspar, député, ministre et ambassadeur de Belgique. Brussels. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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- ^ "Financial scandal forces Belgium to pull the plug on 'disco". The Independent. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Two - year suspended sentence for the former Belgian ambassador to Paris". The Brussels Times. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Baudouin de la Kethulle probable futur ambassadeur à Paris". La Libre Belgique (in French). 3 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Le nouvel ambassadeur belge en France est connu". Le Soir (in French). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "La Belgique en France". france.diplomatie.belgium.be (in French). SPF Affaires étrangères - Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
Sources
- Alexandre Paternotte de la Vaillée (1981). L'Hôtel de la Marck: Ambassade de Belgique (in French). Berger-Levrault. ISBN 978-2-70130-468-7.
External links
- Website of the Belgian Embassy to France
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