List of Ambassadors from France to Japan
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The List of Ambassadors from France to Japan began developing in the same year that the American Commodore Perry
"opened" Japan's doors to the West.
Franco-Japanese diplomatic relations were initially established during the Second Empire
of French history and the Edo period
of Japanese history.
Commodore Perry
Commodore Perry may refer to:* Commodore Matthew Perry , United States Navy officer* Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry , United States Navy officer* Commodore Perry Owens , American gunfighter...
"opened" Japan's doors to the West.
Franco-Japanese diplomatic relations were initially established during the Second Empire
Second French Empire
The Second French Empire or French Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France.-Rule of Napoleon III:...
of French history and the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
of Japanese history.
Ambassadors of the Second Empire
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French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
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| Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros was a French ambassador and one of the first daguerrotypists. Baron and French chargé d'affaires in Bogotá , Athens and Ambassador to London - during which period he also travelled to China and Japan in 1857 and 1858 — he produced many famous daguerrotypes — chief among... |
1858 | 1858 | Emperor Komei was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867.-Genealogy:Before Kōmei's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name was ;, his title was .... |
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| Charles de Chassiron Charles de Chassiron Baron Charles Gustave Martin de Chassiron was a French diplomat of the 19th century. He travelled to China and Japan as one of the two Attachés of the French Embassy under Baron Gros, with the title of "Detaché extraordinaire en Chine et au Japon" from 1858 to 1860., together with Marquis Alfred... |
1858 | 1859 | ||
| Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt Gustave Duchesne, Prince de Bellecourt was a 19th-century French diplomat who was active in Asia, and especially in Japan. He was the first French official representative in Japan from 1859 to 1864, following the signature of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan in... |
1859 | 1863 | ||
| Léon Roches Léon Roches Léon Roches was a representative of the French government in Japan from 1864 to 1868.Léon Roches was a student at the Lycée de Tournon in Grenoble, and followed an education in Law... |
1863 | 1868 | ||
| Maxime Outrey | 1868 | 1871 | Emperor Meiji The or was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death... |
Ambassadors of the Third Republic
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French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
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| Paul Louis de Turenne | 1871 | 1872 | Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871... |
Emperor Meiji The or was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death... |
| 1872 | 1890 | Jules Grévy Jules Grévy François Paul Jules Grévy was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans faction. Given that his predecessors were monarchists who tried without success to restore the French monarchy, Grévy is seen as the first real republican President of... |
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| Joseph Adam Sienkiewicz | 1890 | 1892 | Sadi Carnot Sadi Carnot may refer to:*Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot , French physicist*Marie François Sadi Carnot , president of the third French Republic, and nephew of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot... |
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| Jules Harmand | 1894 | 1905 | Jean Casimir-Perier Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier was a French politician, fifth president of the French Third Republic.-Biography:He was born in Paris, the son of Auguste Casimir-Perier and the grandson of Casimir Pierre Perier, premier of Louis Philippe... Félix Faure Félix Faure Félix François Faure was President of France from 1895 until his death.-Biography:Félix François Faure was born in Paris, the son of a small furniture maker... Émile Loubet Émile Loubet Émile François Loubet was a French politician and the 8th President of France.-Early life:He was born the son of a peasant proprietor and mayor of Marsanne . Admitted to the Parisian bar in 1862, he took his doctorate in law the next year... |
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| Gaston Raindre | 1905 | 1909 | Armand Fallières Clément Armand Fallières was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913.He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace... |
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| Auguste Gérard | 1909 | 1914 | Emperor Taishō The was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 30 July 1912, until his death in 1926.The Emperor’s personal name was . According to Japanese customs, the emperor has no name during his reign and is only called the Emperor... |
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| Eugène Regnault | 1914 | 1918 | Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920. Poincaré was a conservative leader primarily committed to political and social stability... |
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| Roger Maugras | 1918 | 1919 | ||
| Edmond Bapst | 1919 | 1921 | Paul Deschanel Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel was a French statesman. He served as President of France from 18 February 1920 to 21 September 1920.-Biography:... Alexandre Millerand Alexandre Millerand Alexandre Millerand was a French socialist politician. He was President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924 and Prime Minister of France 20 January to 23 September 1920... Gaston Doumergue Gaston Doumergue Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue was a French politician of the Third Republic.Doumergue came from a Protestant family. Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as Prime Minister from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914... Paul Doumer Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.-Biography:... |
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| Paul Claudel Paul Claudel Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.-Life:... |
1921 | 1927 | ||
| Robert de Billy | 1927 | 1929 | Hirohito , posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to... |
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| Alfred de Martel | 1929 | 1933 | ||
| Fernand Pila | 1935 | 1936 | Albert Lebrun Albert François Lebrun was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance .-Biography:... |
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| Charles Arsène-Henry | 1937 | 1941 |
Ambassadors of the Fourth Republic
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Tenure ends |
French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
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| Zinovi Pechkoff | 1946 | 1950 | Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French... |
Hirohito , posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to... |
| Maurice Dejean | 1950 | 1953 | ||
| Daniel Lévi Daniel Lévi Daniel Lévi , is a French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.-Biography:Daniel Lévi was born in Constantine, French Algeria. He spent his childhood in Lyon, where he was preparing for his job as a musician studying piano for a decade at the conservatory in the city. In 1983, he composed and... |
1953 | 1956 | ||
| Armand Bérard | 1956 | 1959 | René Coty René Jules Gustave Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic.-Early life and politics:... |
Ambassadors of the Fifth Republic
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French Head of State | Japanese emperor |
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| Jean Daridan | 1959 | 1961 | Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969.... |
Hirohito , posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to... |
| Étienne Dennery | 1961 | 1964 | ||
| François Missoffe François Missoffe François Missoffe was Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport in the French government between 8 January 1966 and 30 May 1968.... |
1964 | 1966 | ||
| Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978... |
1966 | 1972 | Georges Pompidou Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974.-Biography:... |
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| François Lefebvre de Laboulaye | 1972 | 1975 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981... |
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| Jean-Pierre Brunet | 1975 | 1977 | ||
| Louis Dauge | 1977 | 1979 | ||
| Xavier Daufresne de la Chevalerie | 1979 | 1982 | François Mitterrand François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President... |
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| André Ross | 1982 | 1985 | ||
| Gilbert Pérol | 1985 | 1987 | ||
| Bernard Dorin | 1987 | 1991 | Akihito is the current , the 125th emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989.-Name:In Japan, the emperor is never referred to by his given name, but rather is referred to as "His Imperial Majesty the Emperor" which may be shortened to . In... |
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| Loïc Hennekinne | 1991 | 1993 | ||
| Jean-Bernard Ouvrieu | 1993 | 1998 | Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the... |
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| Maurice Gourdault-Montagne Maurice Gourdault-Montagne Maurice Gourdault-Montagne is a career diplomat and the current French Ambassador to Germany.-Career:Mr Gourdault-Montagne joined the French Foreign Ministry in 1978... |
1998 | 2002 | ||
| Bernard Faubournet de Montferrand | 2002 | 2006 | ||
| Gildas Le Lidec | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| Philippe Faure | 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier.... |