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The following is a list of ambassadors and other highest-ranking representatives of France to Romania. The Embassy of France in Romania is the diplomatic representation of the French Republic in Romania and is located in Bucharest, the capital of the country. Since 2023, the ambassador has been Nicolas Warnery.

History

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Embassy of France, Bucharest

During World War I, Romania joined the Allies and became known as "Greater Romania" between the two wars. In November 1938, diplomatic relations were elevated to the level of embassy. During the World War II, the Embassy continued to function, because the Vichy regime and that of Marshal Ion Antonescu (self-proclaimed " Romanian Petain") maintained official and friendly diplomatic relations. With the Liberation occurring at the same time in France and Romania, it also remained in operation during the post-war period. However, this activity was quite reduced during the communist regime in Romania, except in 1968 and 1979 when Charles de Gaulle and, then President Giscard d'Estaing, paid state visits to Nicolae Ceaușescu in Bucharest.

The period 1989-1991 was, however, following the fall of the dictatorship and the Iron Curtain, a period of intense activity, particularly at the level of the consulate and the commercial and cultural attachés, with the reestablishment of democracy, the market economy, free cultural relations and the free movement of goods and people; during this period, it was the French President François Mitterrand who paid a state visit to his Romanian counterpart Ion Iliescu.

Shortly after Romania joined the European Union in 2007, President Traian Băsescu declared his country's foreign policy a priority, along with France and the United States on an equal footing.

Ambassadors of France in Romania

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From To Ambassador
1881 1885 Maximilien-Napoléon-Théodore baron de Ring[1]
1885 1894 Gustave de Coutouly de Dorset
1894 1897 Eugène Thomas
1897 1904 Arsène Henry
1904 1907 Ernest-René Joseph Adrien Bourgarel
1907 1916 Jean-Camille Blondel
1917 1920 Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil, Count of Saint-Aulaire
1920 1923 Émile Daeschner
1933 1936 André d'Ormesson
1936 1940 Adrien Thierry
1940 1943 Jacques Truelle
1943 1944 Paul Morand[2]
1944 1945 Roger Sarret[3]
1945 1948 Jean Paul-Boncour [4]
1948 1950 Pierre Charpentier[5]
1950 1952 Charles Gaire[6]
1952 1953 Renaud Sivan[5]
1953 1958 Pierre Francfort[5]
1958 1960 Jacques-Émile Paris[5]
1960 1964 Pierre Bouffanais[7]
1964 1968 Louis Pons
1968 1972 Pierre Pelen
1972 1975 Francis Levasseur
1975 1977 Raoul Delaye
1977 1981 Pierre Cerles
1981 1983 Marcel Beaux
1983 1987 Michel Rougagnou
1987 1990 Jean-Marie Le Breton
1990 1993 Renaud Vignal
1993 1997 Bernard Boyer
1997 2002 Pierre Ménat
2002 2004 Philippe Étienne
2004 2007 Hervé Bolot
2007 2012 Henri Paul
2012 2014 Philippe Gustin
2014 2017 François Saint-Paul[8]
2017 2020 Michèle Ramis[9]
2020 2023 Laurence Auer[10]
2023 Present Nicolas Warnery[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ana-Maria Vele, REPREZENTAREA DIPLOMATICĂ A FRANŢEI ÎN ROMÂNIA, (1866-1914)
  2. ^ Appointed by the Vichy government, source : http://www.ambafrance-ro.org/index.php/fr_FR/l-ambassade/l-ambassadeur/parmi-les-ambassadeurs-illustres/paul-morand
  3. ^ Delegate of the French National Committee
  4. ^ Chargé d'affaires.
  5. ^ a b c d Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
  6. ^ Chargé d'affaires during the vacancy of the position.
  7. ^ Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, then Ambassador from 1963.
  8. ^ Décret du 29 mars 2014, JORF of April 2014.
  9. ^ Décret du 20 avril 2017, JORF No. 95 of April 2017, texte No. 45, NOR MAEA1706301D.
  10. ^ "Décret du 18 septembre 2020 portant nomination d'une ambassadrice extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de la République française en Roumanie - Mme AUER (Laurence) - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  11. ^ Décret du 10 juillet 2023, JORF No. 0160 du 12 juillet 2023, texte No. 71, NOR EAEA2317440D.
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