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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
since August 2020 | |
| Nominator | President of India |
| Appointer | Ministry of External Affairs |
| Term length | No fixed tenure |
| Inaugural holder | H.S. Malik |
| Formation | October 1949 |
| Deputy | K M Praphullachandra Sharma |
| Website | Embassy of India, Paris, France |
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
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