List of ambassadors of the Philippines to France

The ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the French Republic (Filipino: Sugo ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Republika ng Pransiya; French: Ambassadeur de la République des Philippines auprès de la République française) is the Republic of the Philippines' foremost diplomatic representative in the French Republic. As head of the Philippines' diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and the government of the Philippines to the president and government of France. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based at the embassy located in Paris' 16th arrondissement. The Philippine ambassador to France is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, with whom it established formal ties in 2016.^[1]

Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the French Republic Sugo ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Republika ng Pransiya Ambassadeur de la République des Philippines auprès de la République française
Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
Incumbent Junever M. Mahilum-West since 2021
Department of Foreign Affairs Embassy of the Philippines, Paris
Style	Her Excellency
Reports to	Department of Foreign Affairs
Seat	4, Hameau de Boulainvilliers/45, Rue Du Ranelagh 75016 Paris, France
Nominator	Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Appointer	President of the Philippines with the advice and consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Octavio Leopoldo Maloles
Formation	1951
Website	Philippine Embassy, Paris, France

Head of mission

Head of mission	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	French president	French prime minister	Philippine president	Note(s)
Octavio Leopoldo Maloles	1951	1954	Vincent Auriol René Coty Charles de Gaulle	René Pleven Henri Queuille Edgar Faure Antoine Pinay René Mayer Joseph Laniel Pierre Mendès France	Manuel Roxas Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay Carlos P. Garcia Diosdado Macapagal
Salvador P. Lopez	1955	1962		Pierre Mendès France Edgar Faure Guy Mollet Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Félix Gaillard Pierre Pflimlin Charles de Gaulle Michel Debré
Jose Alejandrino	1963	1969	Charles de Gaulle Alain Poher	Georges Pompidou Maurice Couve de Murville Jacques Chaban-Delmas	Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino
Luis Salcedo Moreno	1969	1979	Georges Pompidou Alain Poher Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	Jacques Chaban-Delmas Pierre Messmer Jacques Chirac Raymond Barre
Felipe Hugo Mabilangan, Jr.	1979	1988	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing François Mitterrand	Raymond Barre Pierre Mauroy Laurent Fabius Jacques Chirac
Felicidad B. Gonzales	1988	1990	François Mitterrand	Michel Rocard Édith Cresson Pierre Bérégovoy Édouard Balladur	Corazon Aquino Fidel V. Ramos
Rosario Gonzales Manalo	1990	1994
Rora Navarro Tolentino	1994	1997	François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac	Édouard Balladur Alain Juppé Lionel Jospin	Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Hector Kantoy Villaroel	1997	2005		Lionel Jospin Jean-Pierre Raffarin Dominique de Villepin
Jose Abeto Zaide	2006	2008	Jacques Chirac Nicolas Sarkozy	Dominique de Villepin François Fillon	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III
Rora Navarro Tolentino	2008	2011	Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande	François Fillon Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve
Cristina G. Ortega	2011	2014			Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte
Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro	2014	2020	François Hollande Emmanuel Macron	Bernard Cazeneuve Édouard Philippe Jean Castex Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal Michel Barnier François Bayrou		First Philippine ambassador to present her credentials to the Prince of Monaco.[2]
Junever M. Mahilum-West	2021	present			Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos	Credentials were presented to President Macron on November 2, 2021.[3]
Source: Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Paris[4]

See also

• France–Philippines relations
• List of ambassadors of France to the Philippines