title: List of ambassadors of France to Sri Lanka
text: # List of ambassadors of France to Sri Lanka
  
  The French Ambassador to Sri Lanka was created 27 October 1948 as the Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister. The current ambassador is Robichon Christine who was inaugurated on 24 January 2010.
  
  ## List
  
  ### Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister
  
  * Pinoteau - 27 October 1948
  * Robert Du Gardier - 6 July 1951
  * Colin - 20 June 1953
  
  ### Ambassador
  
  * Same - (December 1958)
  * Guibaut - (5 May 1959)
  * Lance - (4 August 1961)
  * Brionval - (26 March 1964)
  * Chambon - (9 December 1968)
  * Lambroschini - (4 August 1971)
  * Anthonioz - (24 April 1975)
  * Jacques Bourgoin - (23 January 1978)
  * Toussaint - (19 September 1981)
  * Morizot - (2 March 1984)
  * Eluecque - (5 July 1986)
  * Lambert - (8 December 1988)
  * Jean-François Bouffandeau - (18 June 1992)
  * Elisabeth Dahan - (11 March 1996)
  * Marie-France Pagnier - (1 September 2000)
  * Jean-Bernard De Vaivre - (25 September 2003 - August 2006)
  * Lummaux Michel - (1 September 2006 - 18 December 2009)
  * Robichon Christine - (24 January 2010 - Present)
  