List of ambassadors of France to Greece explained

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

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.

FromToAmbassador or diplomat of highest rankNotes
1828 1835 Consul General until 1833 and Resident Minister afterwards
1843 Théodore de Lagrené[4] Resident Minister until 1840 and Minister Plenipotentiary afterwards
1843 1847 Théobald Piscatory[5] Minister Plenipotentiary
1848 Chargé d'Affaires
1849 1850 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1850 1851 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1851 1854 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1854 1857 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1857 1859 Minister Plenipotentiary
1859 1859 Minister Plenipotentiary
1859 1863 Minister Plenipotentiary
1864 1868 Minister Plenipotentiary
1868 1870 Minister Plenipotentiary
1872 1872 Interim Chargé d'Affaires
1872 1872 Minister Plenipotentiary
1872 1873 Interim Chargé d'Affaires
1873 1876 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1876 1880 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1880 1880 Interim Chargé d'Affaires
1880 1880 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1880 1886 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1886 1894 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1894 1897 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1897 1909 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1909 1915 Gabriel Deville[6] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1915 1917 Jean Guillemin[7] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
August 1917[8] 1921 [9]
1921 1921 Interim Chargé d'affaires
December 1921 October 1924 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1924 1926 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1927 1927 [10]
...
?? 1938 Adrien-Joseph-Marie Thierry[11] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1938 1941 [12]
February 1941 1941 [13] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1944 1945 Representative of the Provisional Government
1945 1951
1951 1955 Jean Baelen
1955 1957
1957 1964
1964 1969
1969 1973
1973 1975
1975 1977
1977 1980 Jacques de Folin
1980 1981 Philippe Rebeyrol
1981 1985 Dominique Charpy
1985 1987 Pierre-Louis Blanc
1987 1989
1989 1992
1992 1995
1995 2000
2000 2003 Jean-Maurice Ripert
2003 2007
2007 2011 Christophe Farnaud
2011 2015 Jean-Loup Kuhn-Delforge
2015 2019 Christophe Chantepy
2019 2023 Patrick Maisonnave
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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République française. Paris Imprimerie Nationale. 1906. XII. 7087084. https://archive.org/stream/annuairediploma01trgoog/#page/n434/mode/2up. 13 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Liste chronologique des représentants permanents de la France avec rang d'ambassadeur auprès de commissions, organisations et conférences internationales. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). 62. French. 17 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs. French Embassy in Athens. French. 12 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Marie, Melchior, Joseph, Théodore DE LAGRENÉ (biographie) . Adolphe Robert . Gaston Cougny . Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889 . . fr . 12 January 2013.
  5. Web site: François Guizot et Jean Colettis. La relation franco-grecque revisitée. Pierangelo. Marion. 18 April 2007. Bulletin de l’Institut Pierre Renouvin . Institut Pierre Renouvin. French. 12 January 2013.
  6. Web site: Gabriel DEVILLE: Biographie. Jolly . Jean. (excerpted from Jean Jolly's book: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1889 à 1940). National Assembly (France). French. 12 January 2013.
  7. Book: S. P. Phocas-Cosmetatos. Dossiers secrets de la Triple entente: Grèce, 1914-1922. Nouvelles Éditions latines. 1970. 135. French.
  8. From January 1917, French representative towards the Provisional Government of National Defence in Salonica
  9. News: Miranda Stavrinou. French. Gustave Fougères, l'École française d'Athènes et la propagande en Grèce durant les années 1917-1918. . 120. 1996. 83–99. 10.3406/bch.1996.4589. 4 September 2014. Miranda Stavrinou.
  10. [Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk]
  11. News: Un mouvement diplomatique. Journal des Débats. 29 May 1940. French. 1770-619X. 4 September 2014.
  12. Web site: La Nouvelle revue de Hongrie et ses amis français (1932-44) — la cause hongroise : Une machine à voyager dans le temps pour les catholiques et les jeunes non-conformistes . 2013-01-12 . 2014-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140905041844/http://theses.univ-lyon3.fr/documents/lyon3/2009/montety_h#p=117&q=gaston+maugras+gr%C3%A8ce&o=0&a=highlight . dead .
  13. Web site: Jean Helleu. Senate. 4 September 2014.

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