List of French ambassadors in Switzerland

Residence of the French ambassadors in Bern

Bern residence seen from the garden

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
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

• List of Swiss ambassadors in France

Web links

• André Schluchter : Ambassador. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . (History of the French Ambassadors 1521–1798)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of ambassadeurs et représentants de la France en résidence à Berne avec leur date d'entrée en fonction depuis 1945
2. ↑ La Résidence de France ouvre ses portes. Retrieved September 10, 2017 (French). 
3. ↑ The French residence opens its doors. National Information Center on Cultural Heritage NIKE, accessed on September 10, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Paul Eugène Dutasta in the Federal Archives of Germany
5. ^ Paul Morand on the website of the French Embassy in Romania