The ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the French Republic (; ) 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.
Head of mission Image Head of mission Tenure begins Tenure ends French president French prime minister Philippine president Note(s) Octavio Leopoldo Maloles 1951 1954 Vincent AuriolRené CotyCharles de Gaulle René PlevenHenri QueuilleEdgar FaureAntoine PinayRené MayerJoseph LanielPierre Mendès France Manuel RoxasElpidio QuirinoRamon MagsaysayCarlos P. GarciaDiosdado Macapagal Salvador P. Lopez 1955 1962 Pierre Mendès FranceEdgar FaureGuy MolletMaurice Bourgès-MaunouryFélix GaillardPierre PflimlinCharles de GaulleMichel Debré Jose Alejandrino 1963 1969 Charles de GaulleAlain Poher Georges PompidouMaurice Couve de MurvilleJacques Chaban-Delmas Diosdado MacapagalFerdinand MarcosCorazon Aquino Luis Salcedo Moreno 1969 1979 Georges PompidouAlain PoherValéry Giscard d'Estaing Jacques Chaban-DelmasPierre MessmerJacques ChiracRaymond Barre Felipe Hugo Mabilangan, Jr. 1979 1988 Valéry Giscard d'EstaingFrançois Mitterrand Raymond BarrePierre MauroyLaurent FabiusJacques Chirac Felicidad B. Gonzales 1988 1990 François Mitterrand Michel RocardÉdith CressonPierre BérégovoyÉdouard Balladur Corazon AquinoFidel V. Ramos Rosario Gonzales Manalo 1990 1994 Rora Navarro Tolentino 1994 1997 François MitterrandJacques Chirac Édouard BalladurAlain JuppéLionel Jospin Fidel V. RamosJoseph EstradaGloria Macapagal Arroyo Hector Kantoy Villaroel 1997 2005 Lionel JospinJean-Pierre RaffarinDominique de Villepin Jose Abeto Zaide 2006 2008 Jacques ChiracNicolas SarkozyDominique de VillepinFrançois FillonGloria Macapagal ArroyoBenigno Aquino III Rora Navarro Tolentino 2008 2011 Nicolas SarkozyFrançois Hollande François FillonJean-Marc AyraultManuel VallsBernard Cazeneuve Cristina G. Ortega 2011 2014 Benigno Aquino IIIRodrigo Duterte Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro 2014 2020 François HollandeEmmanuel Macron Bernard CazeneuveÉdouard PhilippeJean CastexÉlisabeth BorneGabriel AttalMichel BarnierFrançois Bayrou First Philippine ambassador to present her credentials to the Prince of Monaco.She would later be appointed as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs on July 1, 2025. Junever M. Mahilum-West 2021 2025 Rodrigo DuterteBongbong Marcos Credentials were presented to President Macron on November 2, 2021. Eduardo Jose A. de Vega 2025 present Emmanuel Macron François BayrouSébastien Lecornu Bongbong Marcos Appointed by Pres. Bongbong Marcos on November 14, 2024, and confirmed by the Commission of Appointments on February 4, 2025. Credentials were presented to President Macron on September 1, 2025. Source: Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Paris
See also France–Philippines relations List of ambassadors of France to the Philippines
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