The following is a list of ambassadors of France to Belgium. It also includes top-ranking French diplomats in Belgium who did not formally have the ambassador title.
The three main sources used to build the list are the website of the French Embassy in Brussels, a more formal list of French ambassadors post-World War II compiled by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and two more detailed lists of high-ranking diplomats which only cover parts of the 19th century.[1] [2] [3] [4] Additional references are provided below for specific individuals.
| Start of term[5] | End of term | Ambassador (or diplomat of highest rank[6]) |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | 1831 | Charles Joseph, comte Bresson (special envoy) |
| 1831 | 1832 | Augustin Daniel Belliard |
| 1832 | 1832 | Auguste de Tallenay (chargé d'affaires and interim head of mission following the death of Belliard)[7] [8] |
| 1832 | 1836 | Charles Armand Septime de Faÿ de La Tour-Maubourg[9] |
| 1836 | 1840 | Louis Sérurier |
| 1840 | 1848 | Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquess of Rumigny (ambassador) |
| 1848 | 1848 | Louis Sérurier (chargé d'affaires) |
| 1848 | 1848 | Mr. Bellocq [10] |
| 1848 | 1852 | Théodore Quinette |
| 1852 | 1852 | Charles Adrien His, Comte de Butenval |
| 1852 | 1853 | Napoléon Maret, Duc de Bassano |
| 1853 | 1858 | Adolphe Barrot |
| 1858 | 1860 | Comte Gustave de Monttessuy |
| 1860 | 1862 | Baron de Talleyrand |
| 1862 | 1863 | Baron de Malaret |
| 1863 | 1864 | Théophile de Ferrière-le-Vayer |
| 1864 | 1868 | Comte de Comminges-Guitaut |
| 1868 | 1870 | Louis Étienne Arthur Dubreuil, vicomte de La Guéronnière |
| 1870 | 1870 | Jules Berthémy (never took office) |
| 1870 | 1870 | Paul de Laboulaye (chargé d'affaires) |
| 1870 | 1871 | Albert Tachard |
| 1871 | 1873 | Ernest Picard |
| 1873 | 1876 | Georges-Napoléon Baude |
| 1876 | 1878 | Joseph de Cadoine, Marquis de Gabriac |
| 1878 | 1880 | Tanneguy Duchâtel |
| 1880 | 1882 | Albert Decrais |
| 1882 | 1886 | Gustave Lannes, Comte de Montebello |
| 1886 | 1894 | Albert Bourée |
| 1894 | 1897 | Charles Jean Tristan de Montholon |
| 1897 | 1906 | Auguste Gérard |
| 1906 | 1909 | Olivier Le Fèvre Comte d’Ormesson |
| 1909 | 1911 | Paul Beau |
| 1911 | 1918 | Antony Wladislas Klobukowski |
| 1918 | 1919 | Albert Defrance |
| 1919 | 1922 | Pierre de Margerie |
| 1922 | 1929 | Maurice Herbette |
| 1929 | 1931 | Emmanuel de Peretti de la Rocca |
| 1931 | 1933 | Charles Corbin |
| 1933 | 1935 | Paul Claudel |
| 1935 | 1937 | Jules Laroche |
| 1937 | 1940 | Paul Bargeton |
| 1942 | 1944 | Jean-Claude Paris (representative of the Comité national français) |
| 1944 | 1947 | Raymond Brugère |
| 1947 | 1952 | Jean de Hauteclocque |
| 1952 | 1956 | Jean Rivière |
| 1956 | 1962 | Raymond Bousquet |
| 1962 | 1963 | Francis Lacoste |
| 1963 | 1965 | Henry Spitzmuller |
| 1965 | 1970 | Étienne de Crouy-Chanel |
| 1970 | 1973 | Gontran Begougne de Juniac |
| 1973 | 1980 | Francis Hure |
| 1980 | 1983 | Roger Vaurs |
| 1983 | 1986 | Jacques Thibau |
| 1986 | 1986 | Jean Audibert |
| 1986 | 1988 | Jacques Lecompt |
| 1988 | 1991 | Xavier Marie du Cauzé de Nazelle |
| 1991 | 1993 | Alain Pierret |
| 1993 | 1998 | Jacques Bernière |
| 1998 | 2002 | Jacques Rummelhardt |
| 2003 | 2007 | Joëlle Bourgois |
| 2007 | 2009 | Dominique Boché |
| 2009 | 2012 | Michèle Boccoz |
| 2012 | 2015 | Bernard Valero |
| 2015 | 2019 | Claude-France Arnould |
| 2019 | 2021 | Hélène Farnaud-Defromont |
| 2021 | Incumbent | François Sénémaud |