List of French ambassadors in Belgium
The list of French Ambassador to Belgium lists all the ambassadors of the French Republic in Belgium during the period from 1835 to the present day (2011). The embassy is currently located on Rue Ducale in Brussels , opposite the Flemish Parliament. The ambassador's residence and the French consulate general are on the other side of the embassy garden on Boulevard du Regent.
Heads of mission
| Appointment accreditation |
Surname | Remarks | appointed by | accredited during the government of | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | Augustin-Daniel Belliard | Louis-Philippe I. | Surlet de Chokier | 1832 | |
| 1832 | Comte Septime Fay de La Tour Maubourg | Louis-Philippe I. | Charles Rogier | 1836 | |
| 1836 | Louis Sérurier | Louis-Philippe I. | B.-T. de Theux de Meylandt | 1840 | |
| 1840 | Marquis de Rumigny | Louis-Philippe I. | Joseph Lebeau | 1848 | |
| 1849 | Théodore Quinette | Second French Republic | Charles Rogier | 1852 | |
| 1852 | Charles Adrien His | Napoleon III | Henri de Brouckere | 1852 | |
| 1852 | Napoléon Joseph Hugues Maret | Napoleon III | Henri de Brouckere | 1853 | |
| 1853 | Adolphe Barrot | Napoleon III | Henri de Brouckere | 1858 | |
| 1858 | Comte Gustave de Montessuy | Napoleon III | Charles Rogier | 1860 | |
| 1860 | Baron de Talleyrand | Napoleon III | Charles Rogier | 1862 | |
| 1862 | Baron de Malaret | Napoleon III | Charles Rogier | 1863 | |
| 1863 | Marquis Théophile de Ferrière-le-Vayer | Napoleon III | Charles Rogier | 1864 | |
| 1864 | Comte de Comminges-Guitaut | Napoleon III | Charles Rogier | 1868 | |
| 1868 | Arthur de La Guéronnière | Napoleon III | H.-J.-W. Brother Orban | 1870 | |
| 1870 | M. Tachard | Napoleon III | Jules Joseph d'Anethan | 1871 | |
| 1871 | Ernest Picard | Adolphe Thiers | Jules Malou | 1873 | |
| 1873 | Baron Georges Napoléon Baude | Patrice de Mac-Mahon | Jules Malou | 1876 | |
| 1876 | Joseph de Cadoine de Gabriac | Patrice de Mac-Mahon | Jules Malou | 1878 | |
| 1878 | Comte Tanneguy Duchâtel | Patrice de Mac-Mahon | H.-J.-W. Brother Orban | 1880 | |
| 1880 | Albert Decrais | Jules Grévy | H.-J.-W. Brother Orban | 1882 | |
| 1882 | Gustave Oliver Lannes de Montebello | Jules Grévy | H.-J.-W. Brother Orban | 1886 | |
| 1886 | Albert Bourée | Jules Grévy | Auguste Beernaert | 1894 | |
| 1894 | Charles Jean Tristan de Montholon | Marie François Sadi Carnot | Jules de Burlet | 1897 | |
| 1897 | Auguste Gérard | Félix Faure | Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1906 | |
| 1906 | Olivier Le Fèvre Comte d'Ormesson | Armand Fallières | Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1909 | |
| 1909 | M. Beau | Armand Fallières | Frans Schollaert | 1911 | |
| 1911 | Antony Wladislas Klobukowski | Armand Fallières | Charles de Broqueville | 1918 | |
| 1918 | Albert Defrance | Raymond Poincaré | Gerhard Cooreman | 1919 | |
| 1919 | Pierre de Margerie | Raymond Poincaré | Léon Delacroix | 1922 | |
| 1922 | Maurice Herbette | Alexandre Millerand | Georges Theunis | 1929 | |
| 1929 | Emmanuel de Peretti de la Rocca | Gaston Doumergue | Henri Jaspar | 1931 | |
| 1931 | Charles Corbin (en) | Paul Doumer | Jules Renkin | 1933 | |
| 1933 | Paul Claudel | Albert Lebrun | Charles de Broqueville | 1935 | |
| 1935 | Jules Laroche | Albert Lebrun | Paul van Zeeland | 1937 | |
| 1937 | Paul Bargeton | Albert Lebrun | Paul-Émile Janson | 1940 | |
| 1942 | Jean-Claude Paris | Philippe Pétain | Hubert Pierlot | 1944 | |
| October 4, 1944 | Raymond Brugère | Charles de Gaulle | Hubert Pierlot | 1947 | |
| December 16, 1947 | Comte Jean de Hauteclocque | Vincent Auriol | Paul-Henri Spaak | 1952 | |
| May 13, 1952 | Jean Rivière | Vincent Auriol | Jean Van Houtte | 1956 | |
| July 7, 1956 | Raymond Bousquet | René Coty | Achille Van Acker | 1962 | |
| March 15, 1962 | Francis Lacoste | Charles de Gaulle | Théo Lefèvre | 1963 | |
| November 18, 1963 | Henry Spitzmuller | Charles de Gaulle | Théo Lefèvre | 1965 | |
| September 29, 1965 | Comte Etienne de Crouy-Chanel | Charles de Gaulle | Pierre Harmel | 1970 | |
| April 6, 1970 | Baron Gontran Begougne de Juniac | Georges Pompidou | Gaston Eyskens | 1973 | |
| July 25, 1973 | Francis Hure | Georges Pompidou | Edmond Leburton | 1980 | |
| 19th February 1980 | Roger Vaurs | Valery Giscard d'Estaing | Wilfried Martens | 1983 | |
| February 25, 1983 | Jacques Thibau | François Mitterrand | Wilfried Martens | 1986 | |
| March 11, 1986 | Jean Audibert | François Mitterrand | Wilfried Martens | 1986 | |
| November 12, 1986 | Jacques Lecompt | François Mitterrand | Wilfried Martens | 1988 | |
| April 7, 1988 | Comte Xavier Marie du Cauzé de Nazelle | François Mitterrand | Wilfried Martens | 1991 | |
| October 9, 1991 | Alain Marie Pierret | François Mitterrand | Wilfried Martens | 1993 | |
| September 15, 1993 | Jacques Bernière | François Mitterrand | Jean-Luc Dehaene | 1998 | |
| December 17, 1997 | Jacques Rummelhardt | Jacques Chirac | Jean-Luc Dehaene | 2002 | |
| January 22, 2003 | Joëlle Bourgois | Jacques Chirac | Guy Verhofstadt | 2007 | |
| June 18, 2007 | Dominique Boché | Nicolas Sarkozy | Guy Verhofstadt | 2009 | |
| September 24, 2009 | Michèle Boccoz | Nicolas Sarkozy | Herman Van Rompuy |
Individual evidence
Notes: The heads of French missions to international organizations are permanent representatives in the rank of ambassador .