List of ambassadors of India to France

Ambassador of India to France
Incumbent
Jawed Ashraf[1]
since August 2020
NominatorPresident of India
AppointerMinistry of External Affairs
Term lengthNo fixed tenure
Inaugural holderH.S. Malik
FormationOctober 1949
DeputyK M Praphullachandra Sharma
WebsiteEmbassy of India, Paris, France
Embassy of India in Paris

The Indian Ambassador to France is the chief diplomatic representative of India to France, housed in the Embassy of India, Paris.[2] The current ambassador is Jawed Ashraf.[3] who succeeded Vinay Mohan Kwatra in August, 2020 following Kwatra's appointment as Indian ambassador to Nepal.

List of Indian Ambassadors to France

The following persons have served as the Ambassador of India to France and Principality of Monaco.[4]

# Name Term start Term end
1 Wing Commander. Sardar H.S. Malik 4 October 1949[5] 1954
2 Y.K. Puri December 1954 1955
(1) Wing Commander. Sardar H.S. Malik April 1955 1956
3 K.M. Panikkar February 1956 1959
4 N. Raghavan June 1959 1961
5 Nawab Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur February 1961 1965
6 Rajeshwar Dayal June 1965 1967
7 Chandra Shekhar August 1967 1969
8 Dwarka Nath Chatterjee February 1969 1976
9 Ramchandra Dattatraya Sathe July 1976 November 1978
10 Maharajakrishna Rasgotra February, 1979 March, 1982
11 Narendra Singh March 1982 1985
12 I.H. Latif April, 1985 1988
13 Soonu Kochhar August 1988 April 1991
14 C. V. Ranganathan June 1991 September 1993
15 Ranjit Sethi November 1993 October 1997
16 Kanwal Sibal March 1998 April 2002
17 Savitri Kunadi April 2002 September 2003
18 Dalip Lahiri May 2004 July 2005
19 T.C.A. Rangachari August 2005 October 2006
20 Ranjan Mathai January 2007 July 2011
21 Rakesh Sood August 2011 March 2013
22 Arun Kumar Singh April 2013 April 2015
23 Dr. Mohan Kumar May 2015 July 2017
24 Vinay Mohan Kwatra July 2017 February 2020
25 Jawed Ashraf 13 July 2020 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ Current Ambassador, Jawed Ashraf. "Jawed Ashraf Current Ambassador". eoiparis.gov.in. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ Mission to France, Indian. "Indian Mission to France". mea.gov.in. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ the Man Who Saw Off IAF's Rafales from France, Jawed Ashraf (19 July 2020). "Meet Ambassador Jawed Ashraf, the man who saw off IAF's Rafales from France". The Economics Times. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ Official List, Indian Ambassadors. "Indian Ambassadors, Official List". eoiparis.gov.in. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Part I-Section 2" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 12 November 1949. p. 1569.