| French Office in Taipei | |
| Native Name: | Bureau français de Taipei |
| Native Name A: | 法國在台協會 |
| Formed: | 1981 (as French Trade Office) 1989 (as French Institute in Taipei)[1] 2011 (as French Office in Taipei) |
| Jurisdiction: | Republic of China |
| Headquarters: | 39F, Taipei 101, Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Chief1 Name: | Jean-François CASABONNE-MASONNAVE[2] |
| Chief1 Position: | Director |
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The French Office in Taipei (; French: Bureau français de Taipei, BFT) represents France's interests in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in France is the Taipei Representative Office in France, based in Paris.
The Office was established in 1981 as the French Institute, before being renamed the French Office in Taipei. It adopted its present name in 2011, although its Chinese language name has remained unchanged.[3] On 23 February 2021, the new office of the French Office in Taipei re-opened after its relocation to 39th floor, Taipei 101.[4]
| Name | Photo | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Menguy | 1989-1993 | ||
| 1993-1997 | |||
| Gérard Roland Chesnel | 1997-2000 | ||
| Élisabeth Laurin | 2000-2005 | ||
| Jean-Claude Poimboeuf | 2005-2008 | ||
| Patrick Bonneville | 2008-2010 | ||
| Olivier Richard | 2011-2015 | ||
| Benoît Guidée | 2015–2019 | ||
| Jean-François Casabonne-Masonnave | 2019-2023 | ||
| Franck Paris | since 2023 |