List of ambassadors of France to Germany
This list of ambassadors of France to Germany and precursors of the modern German state also includes top-ranking French diplomats in Germany who did not formally have the ambassador title.
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Ambassadors to the Holy Roman Empire
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- 1630–1633: François Leclerc du Tremblay[1]
- 1653–1654: François Cazet de Vautorte
- 1658–1674: Robert de Gravel
- 1679–1688: Louis de Verjus
- 1716–1723: Jacques-Vincent Languet de Gergy
- 1726–1730: Théodore Chevignard de Chavigny
- 1741–1742: Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle
- 1763–1772: Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay
- 1775–1780: Marc Marie de Bombelles
- 1797–1799: Théobald Bacher
Ambassadors to the German Confederation
Ambassadors to the German Confederation, also accredited to the Free City of Frankfurt, include:
- 1818–1830: Charles-Frédéric Reinhard (1761–1837)
- 1830–1839: Jean Baptiste de Alleye de Ciprey (1784-184?)
- 1840–1842: Antoine Louis Deffaudis (1786–1869)
- 1842–1847: Justin de Chasseloup-Laubat (1800–1847)
- 1848–1855: Auguste Bonaventure de Tallenay (1795–1863)
- 1855–1858: Gustave de Montessuy
- 1858–1864: Alfred de Salignac-Fénelon (1810–1883)
- 1864–1866: Edmé de Reculot (1815–1891)
For partial lists, see footnote[2] and.[3]
Ambassadors to German states
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France established permanent diplomatic missions to individual German states during the Thirty Years War or shortly thereafter, most notably Bavaria, Cologne, Prussia, Saxony and the free Hanseatic cities at Hamburg, all of which date from a time around the 1620s to 1640s.[4]
At the time of the German Confederation additional missions were opened in Baden, Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Darmstadt, Nassau and Württemberg.[2][3] After disestablishment of the German Confederation and establishment of the North-German Confederation, France's mission at Berlin became France's principal mission to Germany.
Ambassadors to the German Empire and Germany (1871–1939)

For main sources for this section, see footnote[5] and.[6]
Start of term | End of term | Ambassador |
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1872 | 1877 | Elie de Gontaut-Biron[7] |
1877 | 1881 | Raymond de Saint-Vallier |
1881 | 1886 | Alphonse Chodron de Courcel |
1886 | 1896 | Jules Gabriel Herbette |
1896 | 1902 | Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles |
1902 | 1907 | Georges Paul Louis Bihourd |
1907 | 1914 | Jules Cambon |
1914 | 1920 | Break in diplomatic relations during World War I and its aftermath |
June 1920 | December 1922 | Charles François Laurent[8] |
1922 | 1931 | Pierre de Margerie |
1931 | 1938 | André François-Poncet |
1938 | 1939 | Robert Coulondre |
Ambassadors to West Germany
For main sources for this section, see footnote[9] and.[10]
Diplomatic relations between France and Germany were cut following the invasion of Poland in 1939. France restored diplomatic relations with West Germany in 1949 and with East Germany in 1973.
Start of term | End of term | Ambassador |
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1949 | 1955 | André François-Poncet (Allied High Commissioner from 1949 to 1955 and ambassador after August 1, 1955) |
1955 | 1956 | Louis Joxe |
1956 | 1958 | Maurice Couve de Murville |
1958 | 1962 | François Seydoux de Clausonne |
1962 | 1965 | Roland de Margerie |
1965 | 1970 | François Seydoux de Clausonne |
1970 | 1974 | Jean Sauvagnargues |
1974 | 1977 | Olivier Wormser |
1977 | 1981 | Jean-Pierre Brunet |
1981 | 1983 | Henri Froment-Meurice |
1983 | 1986 | Jacques Morizet |
1986 | 1992 | Serge Boidevaix (German reunification occurred in 1990) |
Ambassadors to East Germany
For the main source for this section, see footnote[9] and.[10]
Diplomatic relations between France and Germany were cut following the invasion of Poland in 1939. France restored diplomatic relations with West Germany in 1949 and with East Germany in 1973.
Start of term | End of term | Ambassador (or diplomat of highest rank) |
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1973 | 1974 | Jacques Jessel (Chargé d'Affaires) |
1974 | 1976 | Bernard Guillier de Chalvron |
1976 | 1981 | Henry Bayle |
1981 | 1981 | Xavier du Cauzé de Nazelle[11] |
1981 | 1986 | Maurice Deshors[12] |
1986 | 1990 (German reunification) |
Joëlle Timsit |
Ambassadors to post-reunification Germany
For main sources for this section, see footnote[9] and.[10]
Start of term | End of term | Ambassador |
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1986 | 1992 | Serge Boidevaix (German reunification occurred in 1990) |
1992 | 1993 | Bertrand Dufourcq |
1993 | 1999 | François Scheer |
1999 | 2007 | Claude Martin |
2007 | 2011 | Bernard de Montferrand |
2011 | 2014 | Maurice Gourdault-Montagne |
2014 | 2017 | Philippe Étienne |
2017 | 2022 | Anne-Marie Descôtes |
2022 | François Delattre[13] |
See also
References
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