List of ambassadors of India to France

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.

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

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. MalikOctober 19491954
2Y.K. PuriDecember 19541955
(1)Wing Commander. Sardar H.S. MalikApril 19551956
3K.M. PanikkarFebruary 19561959
4N. RaghavanJune 19591961
5 Nawab Ali Yavar Jung BahadurFebruary 19611965
6Rajeshwar DayalJune 19651967
7 Chandra ShekharAugust 19671969
8 Dwarka Nath ChatterjeeFebruary 19691976
9Ramchandra Dattatraya SatheJuly 1976November 1978
10 Maharajakrishna RasgotraFebruary, 1979March, 1982
11Narendra SinghMarch 19821985
12I.H. LatifApril, 19851988
13 Soonu KochharAugust 1988April 1991
14C.V. RanganathanJune 1991September 1993
15Ranjit SethiNovember 1993October 1997
16Kanwal SibalMarch 1998April 2002
17Savitri KunadiApril 2002September 2003
18Dalip LahiriMay 2004July 2005
19T.C.A. RangachariAugust 2005October 2006
20 Ranjan MathaiJanuary 2007July 2011
21Rakesh SoodAugust 2011March 2013
22Arun Kumar SinghApril 2013April 2015
23Dr. Mohan KumarMay 2015July 2017
24Vinay Mohan KwatraJuly 2017February 2020
25Jawed Ashraf13 July 2020Incumbent

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.
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