Embassy of Saudi Arabia in France

The Saudi Embassy in France is the diplomatic representation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the French Republic. Its ambassador since 2016 is Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Ankary.

Embassy of Saudi Arabia in France
Location92 rue de Courcelles in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
AmbassadorKhalid Al Ankary

Building

The Embassy is located at 92 rue de Courcelles in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

Saudi ambassadors in France
Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was ambassador of Saudi Arabia in France.
Nomination
date		 Date de remise des

Letter of credence

 Diplomate
En qualité d'envoyés extraordinaires et ministres plénipotentiaires
? 4 novembre 1939 [JORF 1] Fouad Bey Hamza (de)
En qualité d'ambassadeurs extraordinaires et plénipotentiaires
? 9 octobre 1952 [JORF 2] Rached Pharaon (de)
? 7 juin 1955 [JORF 3] Talal ibn Abd al-Aziz (de)
? 22 juin 1963 [JORF 4] Rached Pharaon (de)
? 25 juillet 1966 [JORF 5] Medhat Sheikh el-Ard (de)
? 27 octobre 1972 [JORF 6] Mohamed A. Alireza
? 29 juillet 1976 [JORF 7] Jamil bin Ibrahim al-Hujailan (de)
? 7 février 1996 [JORF 8] Faisal Al-Hegelan (de)
? 18 décembre 2003 [JORF 9] Dr Mohammed bin Ismail Al-Sheikh
? 15 février 2016 [JORF 10] Dr Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Ankary

Consular section

The consular section of the embassy, charged among other visas, is located at 29 Rue des Graviers in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Military office

The embassy also has a military office at 87 rue de la Faisanderie in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Cultural Bureau

The Saudi Cultural Bureau, located at 26 rue Murillo in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is responsible for academic exchanges and the promotion of Saudi culture.

History

Earlier, the embassy was located at rue Andre Pascal in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, then 5 avenue Hoche in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

On 5 September 1973 during the 4th summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Algiers, and a year to the day after the hostage crisis at the Munich Olympics, the embassy has been hostage by a Palestinian commando demanding the release of Abu Daoud, leader of the Black September organization and hostage organizer of Munich, then detained in Jordan.

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See also

References
  1. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 271 du 5 novembre 1939, p. 12878.
  2. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 246 du 14 octobre 1952, p. 9771.
  3. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 139 du 12 juin 1955, p. 5914.
  4. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 150 du 28 juin 1963, p. 5706.
  5. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 172 du 27 juillet 1966, p. 6460.
  6. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 255 du 31 octobre 1972, p. 11356.
  7. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 178 du 1er août 1976, p. 4683.
  8. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 35 du 10 février 1996, p. 2158, NOR MAEP9650002G.
  9. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 294 du 20 décembre 2003, p. 21794, texte no 3, NOR MAEP0350071G.
  10. Remise de lettres de créance, JORF no 43 du 20 février 2016, texte no 6, NOR MAEP1604259X.

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