French Ambassador to Turkey

France has had a permanent embassy to the Ottoman Empire since 1535, during the time of King Francis I and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. It is considered the direct predecessor of the modern-day embassy to the Republic of Turkey.

List of ambassadors

Under the "Ancien Régime"

:"Ambassadors of Ancien Régime France. Embassy established in Istanbul."
*Jean de la Forét 1535-1538
*Antoine de Rincon 1538-1541
*Antoine Escalin des Eymars 1541-1547
*Gabriel, comte de Luelz 1547-1553
*Michel de Codignac 1553-1556
*Jean Cavenac de la Vigne 1556-1566
*Guillaume de Grandchamp de Grantrie 1566-1571
*François de Noailles 1571-1575
*Gilles de Noailles 1575-1579
*Jacques de Germiny 1579-1585
*Jacques Savary de Brèves 1585-1589
*François Savary de Brèves 1589-1607
*Jean-François de Gontaut-Biron 1607-1611
*Achille de Harlay 1611-1620
*Philippe de Harlay 1620-1631
*Henry de Gournay 1631-1639
*Jean de La Hay 1639-1665
*Denis de La Haye 1665-1670
*Charles François Olier 1670-1679
*Gabriel Joseph La Vergne 1679-1686
*Pierre de Girardin 1686-1689
*Pierre Antoine Castagneres 1689-1692
*Charles de Ferriol 1692-1711
*Pierre Puchot 1711-1716
*Jean-Louis de Usson 1716
*Jean-Baptiste Louis Picon 1724-1728
*Louis Sauveur Villeneuve 1728-1741
*Michel-Ange Castellane 1741-1747
*Roland Puchot 1747-1755
*Charles Gravier de Vergennes 1755-1768
*François Emmanuel Guignard 1768-1784
*Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier 1784-1792

French Revolution and First French Empire

:"Ambassadors under the French Revolution and First French Empire."
*Charles Louis Huguet 1792-1796 - "in name only"
*Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet 1796-1802
*Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune 1802-1806
*Horace François Sébastiani 1806-1812
*Antoine François Andréossy 1812-1815

1815-1914

:"Ambassadors under Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, Second Republic, Second Empire and Third Republic."
*Charles François de Riffardeau Rivière 1815-1821
*Florimond de Fay La Tour Maubourg 1821-1823
*Armand Charles Guilleminot 1823-1832
*Albin Reine Roussin 1832-1839
*Edouard Pontois 1839-1841
*François Adolphe Bourqueney 1844-1851
*Charles La Valette 1851-1853
*Edmond de Lacour 1853-1853
*Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers 1853-1855
*Edouard Antoine de Thouvenel 1855-1860
*Charles La Valette 1860-1861
*Lionel Désiré Marie François René Moustiers 1861-1866
*Nicolas Prosper Bourée 1866-1870
*Louis Dubreuil-Héliou La Gueronnière 1870-1871
*Eugène Melchior Vogüé 1871-1875
*Jean-François Guillaume Bourgoing 1875-1877
*Hugues Fournier 1877-1880
*Charles-Joseph Tissot 1880-1882
*Emmanuel Henri Victorien Noailles 1882-1886
*Gustave Louis Lannes Montebello 1886-1891
*Paul Cambon 1891-1898
*Jean Antoine Ernest Constans 1898-1909
*Maurice Bompard 1909-1914

Ambassadors to Turkey

:"Ambassadors of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Republic to the Republic of Turkey. Embassy transferred to Ankara."

*Albert Sarraut 1925-1926
*Nosky Daeschner 1926-1928
*Charles Pineton de Chambrun 1928-1933
*Albert Kammerer 1933-1936
*Henri Ponsot1936-1938
*René Massigli 1938-1940
*Gaston Maugras 1944-1948
*Jean Lescuyer 1948-1952
*Jacques Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin 1952-1955
*Jean-Paul Garnier 1955-1957
*Henry Spitzmüller 1957-1963
*Bernard Hardion 1963-1965
*Gontran Begoügne de Juniac 1965-1970
*Arnaud Wapler 1970-1973
*Roger Vaurs 1973-1977
*Emile Cazimajou 1977-1981
*Fernand Rouillon 1981-1985
*Philippe Louët 1985-1988
*Eric Rouleau 1988-1991
*François Dopffer 1991-1996
*Daniel Lequertier 1996-1999
*Jean-Claude Cousseran 2000-2004
*Paul Poudade 2004-

External links

* [http://www.ambafrance-tr.org/ French embassy in Turkey]
* [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]