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List of ambassadors of France to Japan
The list of ambassadors of France to Japan began developing in the same year that the American Commodore Perry "opened" Japan's doors to the West.
| French Ambassador to Japan | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Jean Daridan |
| Formation | 1961 5th Republic |
Franco-Japanese diplomatic relations were initially established during the Second Empire of French history and the Edo period of Japanese history.
List of heads of mission edit
Ambassadors of the Second Empire edit
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros[1] | 1858 | 1858 | Napoleon III | Kōmei |
| Charles de Chassiron | 1858 | 1859 | ||
| Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt[2] | 1859 | 1863 | ||
| Léon Roches[3] | 1863 | 1868 | ||
| Maxime Outrey | 1868 | 1871 | Meiji |
Ambassadors of the Third Republic edit
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Louis de Turenne | 1871 | 1872 | Adolphe Thiers | Meiji |
| 1872 | 1890 | Patrice Mac-Mahon Jules Grévy | ||
| Joseph Adam Sienkiewicz | 1890 | 1892 | Sadi Carnot | |
| Jules Harmand[4] | 1894 | 1905 | Jean Casimir-Perier Félix Faure Émile Loubet | |
| Gaston Raindre | 1905 | 1909 | Armand Fallières | |
| Auguste Gérard | 1909 | 1914 | Taishō | |
| Eugène Regnault | 1914 | 1918 | Raymond Poincaré | |
| Roger Maugras (chargé d'affaires) | 1918 | 1919 | ||
| Edmond Bapst | 1919 | 1921 | Paul Deschanel Alexandre Millerand Gaston Doumergue Paul Doumer | |
| Paul Claudel | 1921 | 1927 | ||
| Robert de Billy | 1927 | 1929 | Shōwa | |
| Alfred de Martel | 1929 | 1933 | ||
| Fernand Pila | 1935 | 1936 | Albert Lebrun Henri Pétain | |
| Charles Arsène-Henry | 1937 | 1943 |
Ambassadors of the Fourth Republic edit
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinovi Pechkoff[5] | 1946 | 1950 | Vincent Auriol | Shōwa |
| Maurice Dejean[6] | 1950 | 1953 | ||
| Daniel Lévi | 1953 | 1956 | ||
| Armand Bérard | 1956 | 1959 | René Coty |
Ambassadors of the Fifth Republic edit
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Daridan | 1959 | 1961 | Charles de Gaulle | Shōwa |
| Étienne Dennery | 1961 | 1964 | ||
| François Missoffe | 1964 | 1966 | ||
| Louis de Guiringaud | 1966 | 1972 | Georges Pompidou | |
| François Lefebvre de Laboulaye | 1972 | 1975 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | |
| Jean-Pierre Brunet | 1975 | 1977 | ||
| Louis Dauge | 1977 | 1979 | ||
| Xavier Daufresne de la Chevalerie | 1979 | 1982 | François Mitterrand | |
| André Ross | 1982 | 1985 | ||
| Gilbert Pérol | 1985 | 1987 | ||
| Bernard Dorin | 1987 | 1991 | Akihito | |
| Loïc Hennekinne | 1991 | 1993 | ||
| Jean-Bernard Ouvrieu | 1993 | 1998 | Jacques Chirac | |
| Maurice Gourdault-Montagne | 1998 | 2002 | ||
| Bernard Faubournet de Montferrand[7] | 2002 | 2006 | ||
| Gildas Le Lidec[8] | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| Philippe Faure[9] | 2007 | 2011 | Nicolas Sarkozy | |
| Christian Masset | 2011 | 2014 | Francois Hollande | |
| Thierry Dana | 2014 | 2017 | ||
| Laurent Pic | 2017 | 2020 | Emmanuel Macron | |
| Philippe Setton | 2020 | Naruhito |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Jean-Marie Thiébaud. Liste des ambassadeurs, consuls généraux et ministres plénipotentiaires de France au Japon
- ^ Medzini, Meron. (1971). French Policy in Japan, pp. 20-48., p. 20, at Google Books
- ^ Medzini, pp. 71-90., p. 71, at Google Books
- ^ Envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire
- ^ Head of the French mission and SCAP liaison (Chef de la mission française de liaison auprès du commandant supérieur allié en Extrême-Orient)
- ^ Chief of the French mission and SCAP liaison prior to 5 May 1952; then ambassador
- ^ Französische Botschaft in Deutschland, Lebenslauf Botschafter Bernard de Montferrand 25 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Journal officiel de la République française (JORF), n°8 du 10 janvier 2006 page texte n° 44
- ^ Journal officiel de la République française (JORF), n°275 du 27 novembre 2007 page texte n° 19
References edit
- Auslin, Michael R. (2004). Negotiating with Imperialism: The Unequal Treaties and the Culture of Japanese Diplomacy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01521-0; OCLC 56493769
- Halleck, Henry Wager. (1861). International law: or, Rules regulating the intercourse of states in peace and war New York: D. Van Nostrand. OCLC 852699
- Medzini, Meron. (1971). French policy in Japan during the closing years of the Tokugawa regime. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674322301; OCLC 161422
- The initial draft of this article was developed using material found at Ambassade de France au Japon in the French Wikipedia.