List of French ambassadors in Switzerland
The list of French Ambassador to Switzerland based since 1945 on the "List of Ambassadors of France, the French Embassy in Bern", published by the French Embassy in Bern. The French ambassadors in Switzerland are usually also ambassadors for the Principality of Liechtenstein .
The French embassy is now located in the Swiss capital Bern, and has been at Schosshaldenstrasse 46 since 1971.
history
King Charles VII. Of France sent in his reign from 1422 to 1461 a financial support to the Confederation . From 1521 onwards King Franz I sent envoys to Solothurn , who were invited to the meeting there and asked for travelers for the war against Emperor Karl V in Northern Italy .
In the Thirty Years War , Louis XIII. intensive contact with the Drei Bünden , who diplomatically flanked his interventions in Valtellina .
From 1907 to 1971 the embassy and residence were in the same building at Sulgeneckstrasse 44, which is now only used as a residence. It is called Villa von Tscharner after the previous owner and was built according to the plans of the Bernese architect Friedrich von Rütte in the style of the French Renaissance. The house contains valuable furniture: tapestries , vases from Sèvres, paintings by Jean J. Cavaillès and Othon Friesz . A series of portraits of the von Tscharner family was acquired by the French Republic at the end of the 20th century.
Heads of mission
Appointment / accreditation | Surname | Remarks | appointed while in government | accredited during the presidential term | Leave post |
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Apr. 1521 | Antoine II de Lamet | Franz I. | |||
July 1521 | Étienne des Ruyaux | Franz I. | Aug 1521 | ||
Aug 1521 | Geoffroy de Grangis | Envoy in Chur | Franz I. | ||
Sep 1521 | Jean de Langeac | Franz I. | Oct. 1521 | ||
Dec 1521 | René de Savoie | The great bastard of Savoy called (* 1437, † March 31, 1525 in Pavia ) | Franz I. | July 1522 | |
Dec 1521 | Galéas de Saint-Severin | alias Galeazzo da Sanseverino († February 24, 1525 in the Battle of Pavia ) | Franz I. | ||
July 1523 | Anne de Montmorency | Franz I. | Sep 1523 | ||
1523 | Antoine de Lamet | Franz I. | |||
1523 | Louis Dangerant de Boisrigaut | Franz I. | 1532 | ||
1524 | Antoine de Lamet | Franz I. | 1526 | ||
1526 | Jean Morelet du Museau | Franz I. | 1529 | ||
Feb. 1528 | Guillaume du Plessis, sieur de Liancourt | († November 19, 1550 in Switzerland) | Franz I. | Apr. 1528 | |
Feb. 1529 | Pierre Hennequin | Franz I. | |||
1530 | Lambert Meigret | Franz I. | 1531 | ||
Nov. 1531 | Jean de Langeac | Franz I. | |||
Sep 1532 | Guillaume Féau, sieur d'Izernay | Franz I. | Dec 1532 | ||
1532 | Lambert Meigret | Franz I. | 1533 | ||
1535 | Louis Dangerant de Boisrigaut | Franz I. | |||
1536 | Jean d'Estouteville de Villebon | On a special mission in the Three Leagues in January 1527 | Franz I. | ||
1536 | Guillaume du Bellay de Langey | (* 1491 at Château de Glatigny near Souday ; † January 9, 1543 in Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay ) | Franz I. | ||
1536 | Jean du Bois | Franz I. | |||
1536 | Odet de Coligny | Franz I. | |||
1537 | Louis Dangerant de Boisrigaut | Franz I. | |||
1539 | Guillaume Féau, sieur d'Izernay | Franz I. | |||
1539 | Louis Dangerant de Boisrigaut | Franz I. | 1543 | ||
1547 | Sébastien de L'Aubespine, sieur de Bassefontaine | Henry II | 1549 | ||
1547 | Charles de Marillac | (* around 1510 in Riom ; † 1560 in Melun ) | Henry II | ||
1547 | Charles I. de Cossé, comte de Brissac | Henry II | |||
1547 | Jacques Mesnage, sieur de Cagny | Henry II | 1549 | ||
1547 | Guillaume du Plessis, sieur de Liancourt | Henry II | |||
1551 | Antoine Morelet du Museau, sieur de la Marche-Ferrière | Resided in Solothurn | Henry II | Oct. 27, 1552 | |
Nov. 1552 | Sébastien de L'Aubespine, Abbé de Bassefontaine | Henry II | Oct. 1554 | ||
1554 | Charles de Marillac | Henry II | |||
Feb. 1554 | Bernardin Bochetel, Abbé de Saint-Laurent | Bishop of Rennes from 1561 to 1565 | Henry II | Apr. 1554 | |
Oct. 1554 | Bernardin Bochetel, Abbé de Saint-Laurent | Henry II | 1557 | ||
Apr. 1556 | Étienne Pasquier | Henry II | May 1556 | ||
Oct. 1556 | Diègue de Mandosse | In the Confederation and in the Three Leagues | Henry II | Dec 1556 | |
Jan. 1558 | Bernardin Bochetel, Abbé de Saint-Laurent | Henry II | May 1558 | ||
Apr. 1558 | Matthieu Coignet | (* around 1514; † 1586) | Henry II | 1562 | |
Aug 1562 | Pomponne de Bellièvre | (* 1529 in Lyon ; September 9, 1607 in Paris ) | Charles IX | ||
1563 | Nicolas de la Croix, Abbé d'Orbais | Charles IX | Feb. 1566 | ||
1564 | Sébastien de L'Aubespine, Abbé de Bassefontaine | Charles IX | |||
1564 | François de Scépeaux | Charles IX | |||
Jan. 1565 | Sébastien de L'Aubespine, Abbé de Bassefontaine | Charles IX | |||
March 1566 | Pomponne de Bellièvre | Charles IX | Jan. 1571 | ||
1571 | François Gaudart, sieur de La Fontaine | Charles IX | 1572 | ||
Nov 1572 | Pomponne de Bellièvre | Charles IX | March 1573 | ||
March 1573 | Jean de Bellièvre, sieur de Hautefort | (* 1524- † 1584) | Charles IX | 1578 | |
1579 | Jean de Bellièvre, sieur de Hautefort | Henry III. | 1581 | ||
1579 | Nicolas de Harlay, sieur de Sancy | (* 1546 - † October 17, 1629) in Maule | Henry III. | ||
Apr. 1582 | François de Mandelot, vicomte de Chalon | Henry III. | Sep 1582 | ||
Apr. 1582 | Jean de Bellièvre, sieur de Hautefort | Henry III. | |||
Apr. 1582 | Henri Clausse, sieur de Fleury | Resided in Solothurn | Henry III. | ||
Apr. 1582 | Jean Grangier, sieur de Lyverdis | Ambassador in the three leagues | Henry III. | ||
Sep 1582 | Henri Clausse, sieur de Fleury | Henry III. | 1586 | ||
July 1587 | Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery | (* 1544 - † October 1, 1624) | Henry III. | ||
1589 | Nicolas de Harlay, sieur de Sancy | Henry IV. | 1590 | ||
1589 | Pierre de Lubert | Henry IV. | 1590 | ||
1590 | Nicolas de Harlay, sieur de Sancy | Henry IV. | 1591 | ||
1590 | Jean de Chaumont, sieur de Guitry | Henry IV. | |||
1592 | Albert de Gondi, duc de Retz | Envoy Extraordinary for two missions | Henry IV. | 1593 | |
Sep 1593 | Louis IV de Nevers | aka Luigi Gonzaga , Envoy Extraordinary | Henry IV. | Oct. 1593 | |
March 1594 | Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery | Henry IV. | Apr. 1594 | ||
July 1597 | François Hotman de Mortefontaine | († 1600 in Solothurn) | Henry IV. | May 1600 | |
Aug 1600 | Méry de Vic | († September 2, 1622 in Pignan ); Ambassador Extraordinary to the Confederation | Henry IV. | Sep 1601 | |
Sep 1601 | Méry de Vic | in the Confederation and in the Three Leagues | Henry IV. | Sep 1602 | |
Sep 1601 | Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery | Henry IV. | March 1602 | ||
Jan. 1602 | Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron | Henry IV. | Feb. 1602 | ||
May 1603 | Méry de Vic | In the Confederation and in the Three Leagues | Henry IV. | Dec 1604 | |
Dec 1604 | Louis Lefèvre de Caumartin | (* 1552 - † January 21, 1623 in Paris) | Henry IV. | May 1607 | |
June 1607 | Eustache de Refuge | (* 1564; † September 1617), ambassador to the Thirteen Old Places | Henry IV. | 1611 | |
1611 | Pierre de Castille | (also Casille ; * around 1581; † June 24, 1629) in Avignon | Louis XIII | 1617 | |
1617 | Robert Miron | († 1641) | Louis XIII | 1627 | |
1622 | Guillaume de Montholon | († December 12, 1669), in the Confederation and in the Three Leagues | Louis XIII | ||
1625 | François de Bassompierre | Louis XIII | 1626 | ||
1626 | Charles de L'Aubespine, abbé de Préaux | Louis XIII | 1626 | ||
1629 | Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Genlis | (* 1572; † 1649), envoy extraordinary to the Three Leagues | Louis XIII | ||
1630 | François de Bassompierre | Louis XIII | |||
1632 | Henri II de Rohan | envoy extraordinary to the three leagues | Louis XIII | ||
1634 | Michel Vialart, seigneur de Herse et de La Forêt | († 1634) | Louis XIII | 1634 | |
Sep 1635 | Blaise Méliand, seigneur d'Egligny | († 1661) | Louis XIII | Dec 1640 | |
1641 | Jacques Lefèvre de Caumartin, seigneur de Saint-Port, marquis de Cailly | Resided in Solothurn, was in Switzerland between 1606 and 1607 | Louis XIII | 1647 | |
1647 | Jean de la Barde, marquis de Marolles | (* around 1600; † 1692), extraordinary ambassador | Louis XIV | 1660 | |
1661 | Jean de la Barde, marquis de Marolles | Louis XIV | 1663 | ||
1676 | Robert de Gravel, seigneur de Marly près Metz | Louis XIV | 1684 | ||
July 1684 | Michel-Antoine Tambonneau, seigneur de Marly près Metz | Resided in Solothurn | Louis XIV | Jan. 1689 | |
1689 | Michel-Jean Amelot, marquis de Gournay | (* 1655; † 1724), from 1698 ambassador to Spain | Louis XIV | 1697 | |
1697 | Roger Brûlart de Sillery, marquis de Puysieux | (* 1640- † 1719) | Louis XIV | 1708 | |
1708 | Charles-François de Vintimille du Luc | (* 1653; † 1740) | Louis XIV | 1715 | |
1715 | Claude-Théophile de Bésiade, marquis d'Avaray | († 1745) | Louis XV | 1726 | |
1726 | Jean Jean-Louis d'Usson de Bonnac | (* 1672; † 1738), resided in Solothurn | Louis XV | 1733 | |
1738 | Jacques-Dominique Barberie de Courteille | Louis XV | 1749 | ||
1749 | François-Dominique Barberie de Saint-Contest | (January 26, 1701 - July 14, 1754) | Louis XV | 1749 | |
1749 | Antoine René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson | (* November 22, 1722 in Valenciennes ; † August 13, 1787) | Louis XV | Oct. 1751 | |
Nov. 1751 | Théodore Chavignard, sieur de Chavigny | (* 1687; † 1771), resided in Solothurn | Louis XV | 1762 | |
Oct 10, 1763 | Pierre de Buisson, chevalier de Beauteville | (* 1703; † 1790), resided in Solothurn | Louis XV | July 17, 1775 | |
1775 | Jean Gravier, marquis de Vergennes | (* November 4, 1718; † July 24, 1974, guillotined in Paris) | Louis XVI | 1777 | |
1789 | Charles Olivier de Saint-Georges de Vérac | (October 10, 1743 - October 28, 1828) | Louis XVI | 1791 | |
1789 | Charles Olivier de Saint-Georges de Vérac | (* October 10, 1743 at Couhé-Vérac Castle ; † October 28, 1828) | Louis XVI | ||
Dec 1791 | François Barthélemy | Louis XVI | 1797 | ||
1829 | Ernest de Cadoine de Gabriac | (* March 1, 1792 in Heidelberg ; † June 11, 1865 in Paris) | Charles X. | Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl | |
1829 | Marie-Hippolyte de Rumigny | (* September 7, 1784 in Paris, † February 14, 1871 in Brussels ) | Charles X. | Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl | 1836 |
1836 | Louis Napoléon Lannes | Louis-Philippe I. | Karl Friedrich Tscharner | 1838 | |
Oct. 30, 1838 | Hector Mortier | Nephew of Édouard Adolphe Mortier | Louis-Philippe I. | ||
1840 | Bois-le-Comte | Louis-Philippe I. | Johann Konrad von Muralt | ||
1858 | Louis Félix Etienne, marquis de Turgot | (Born September 26, 1796 in Falaise ; † October 2, 1866 in Versailles ), resided in Bern | Napoleon III | Jonas Furrer | 1866 |
1880 | Emmanuel Arago | (* August 6, 1812 in Paris; † November 26, 1896 there, son of François Arago ) | Jules Grévy | Emil Welti | 1884 |
Feb 12, 1918 | Paul Eugène Dutasta | Raymond Poincaré | Felix Calonder | 1920 | |
Apr 14, 1920 | Henri Allizé | Paul Deschanel | Giuseppe Motta | Dec 15, 1924 | |
Oct 22, 1924 | Jean Hennessy | Gaston Doumergue | Ernest Chuard | ||
1928 | Henri Chassain de Marcilly | Resided in Bern | Gaston Doumergue | Edmund Schulthess | |
Dec 11, 1936 | Charles Hervé Alphand | Albert Lebrun | Albert Meyer | June 3, 1940 | |
May 30, 1940 | Robert Coulondre | Envoy of the Vichy regime in Bern | Philippe Pétain | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | Oct 23, 1940 |
Nov 15, 1940 | Robert Renom de La Baume | Philippe Pétain | Marcel Pilet-Golaz | July 10, 1941 | |
July 10, 1942 | François Bard | (* 1904 in Bernay ; † 1976 in Paris) | Philippe Pétain | Philipp Etter | Apr 1, 1942 |
Apr 1, 1942 | Jean Jardin | Philippe Pétain | Philipp Etter | ||
1944 | Paul Morand | Charles de Gaulle | Walther Stampfli | 1945 | |
March 1945 | Henri Hoppenot | (* October 25, 1891 in Paris; † August 10, 1977 there) | Charles de Gaulle | Eduard von Steiger | 1952 |
Jan. 1952 | Jean Chauvel | (* April 16, 1897 in Paris; † May 31, 1979 there) | Vincent Auriol | Karl Kobelt | 1954 |
Sep 1954 | Étienne Dennery | (March 20, 1903 - December 29, 1979) | René Coty | Rodolphe Rubattel | |
Dec 1961 | Philippe Baudet | Charles de Gaulle | Friedrich Traugott elections | 1963 | |
Dec 1963 | Guy de Girard de Charbonnières | (Born January 7, 1907 in Paris; † November 22, 1990) | Charles de Gaulle | Willy Spühler | 1965 |
Sep 1965 | Gabriel Bonneau | Ambassador in Bern | Charles de Gaulle | Hans-Peter Tschudi | 1969 |
June 1969 | Jacques Roux | Ambassador in Bern | Alain Poher | Ludwig von Moos | 1971 |
Dec 1971 | Bernard Dufournier | (1911; † 1982), ambassador in Bern | Georges Pompidou | Rudolf Gnägi | 1975 |
June 1975 | Claude Lebel | Valery Giscard d'Estaing | Pierre Graber | 1979 | |
Apr. 1979 | Gilles Curien | (* February 16, 1922 in Cornimont ) | Valery Giscard d'Estaing | Hans Hürlimann | 1982 |
June 1982 | Georges Doesn't matter | Ambassador in Bern | François Mitterrand | Fritz Honegger | 1985 |
Nov 1985 | Jean-Marie Mérillon | Ambassador in Bern | François Mitterrand | Kurt Furgler | |
June 1989 | Philippe Cuvillier | François Mitterrand | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | 1991 | |
June 1991 | François Plaisant | François Mitterrand | Flavio Cotti | 1993 | |
Feb. 1993 | Bernard Garcia | François Mitterrand | Adolf Ogi | 1996 | |
Oct 1996 | André Gadaud | Jacques Chirac | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz | 2000 | |
Aug 2000 | Regis de Belenet | Jacques Chirac | Adolf Ogi | 2003 | |
Jan. 2002 | Michel de Bonnecorse | (* November 15, 1940 in Chiré-en-Montreuil ) | Jacques Chirac | Samuel Schmid | |
Jan. 2003 | Jacques Rummelhardt | (* July 9, 1941) | Jacques Chirac | Pascal Couchepin | 2005 |
Sep 2005 | Jean-Didier Roisin | Jacques Chirac | Samuel Schmid | 2008 | |
May 2008 | Joëlle Bourgois | (* 1945 as Joëlle Lombard-Platet), ambassador | Nicolas Sarkozy | Pascal Couchepin | Oct 2009 |
Oct 2009 | Alain Catta | Nicolas Sarkozy | Hans-Rudolf Merz | 2012 | |
Aug 2012 | Michel Duclos | François Hollande | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | ||
Sept. 2014 | René Roudaut | François Hollande | |||
Oct. 2016 | Anne Paugam | François Hollande |
See also
Web links
- André Schluchter : Ambassador. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . (History of the French Ambassadors 1521–1798)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of ambassadeurs et représentants de la France en résidence à Berne avec leur date d'entrée en fonction depuis 1945
- ↑ La Résidence de France ouvre ses portes. Retrieved September 10, 2017 (French).
- ↑ The French residence opens its doors. National Information Center on Cultural Heritage NIKE, accessed on September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Paul Eugène Dutasta in the Federal Archives of Germany
- ^ Paul Morand on the website of the French Embassy in Romania