United States Ambassadors to France
| Ambassador of the United States to France Ambassadeur des États-Unis en France |
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Seal of the United States Department of State
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| Residence | Hôtel de Pontalba |
| Nominator | The President of the United States |
| Inaugural holder |
Benjamin Franklin as Envoy |
| Formation | 1778 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy – Paris |
The United States Ambassador to France is the official representative of the President of the United States to the head of state of France. There has been a U.S. Ambassador to France since the American Revolution. The United States sent its first envoys to France in 1776, towards the end of the four-centuries-old Bourbon dynasty. The American diplomatic relationship with France has continued throughout that country's five republican regimes, two periods of French empire, the Bourbon Restoration, and its July Monarchy. After the Battle of France, the United States maintained diplomatic relations with Vichy France until France severed them on the date Operation Torch was launched in November 1942; the Embassy was reopened December 1944.
During the French Third Republic:
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State website http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm (Background Notes).
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