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L’ French Embassy in Iraq is the diplomatic representation of the French Republic with the Republic of Iraq. It is located in Baghdad, the country’s capital, and its ambassador has been, since 2021, Éric Chevallier.

The embassy is located in Baghdad and also hosts a consular section.

Diplomatic relations broken the at the initiative of Iraq are restored from [ ten ] , effective on , day of the installation of the new ambassador.

In addition to the consular section of Baghdad, there is another consulate general of France in Iraq, based in Erbil.

French community [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

At , 399 French people are registered in the consular registers in Iraq [ 11 ] .

2005 2006 2007 2008
37 54 32 25
2009 2010 2011 2012
37 100 173 254
two thousand and thirteen 2014 2015 2016
320 387 391 399

Electoral constituencies [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Since the law of [ twelfth ] Reforming the representation of the French established outside of France with the implementation of consular advice within diplomatic missions, French nationals of a constituency covering Jordan and Iraq elect for six years a consular advisor. The latter has three roles:

  1. He is an elected representative for the French abroad;
  2. It is up to one of the fifteen constituencies that elect the members of the Assembly of the French from abroad within them;
  3. He joined the electoral college which elects the senators representing the French established outside of France.

For the election to the Assembly of French people from abroad, Iraq belonged until 2014 to the electoral district of Beirut [ 13 ] , also including Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and designating two seats. Iraq now belongs to the electoral district “Central Asia and Middle East” whose chief town is Dubai and which designates four of its 23 consular advisers to sit among the 90 members of the Assembly of French people from abroad [ 14 ] .

For the election of French deputies abroad, Iraq depends on the ten It is Constituency.

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  1. ↑ a et b A.I.
  2. ↑ a et b Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.
  3. ↑ Extraordinary envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary, then first ambassador in 1953
  4. ↑ Name it , he did not have time to settle before the rupture of diplomatic relations .
  5. ↑ The protection of French interests was provided by Romania. The chiefs of the French interest section were Jean-François Nodinot (1995), Yves Aubun de la Messuzière (1997), André Janier (1999), and Bernard Bajolet (2003).
  6. ↑ A.I. business manager in 2003 then ambassador from .
  7. ↑ Decree of first is August 2014 , Jorf of August 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ Decree of April 20, 2017 , Jorf n O 95 of April 22, 2017, text n O  54, NOR MAEA1706328D.
  9. ↑ Decree of July 15, 2021 , Jorf n O 0164 of July 17, 2021, text n O  34, NOR EAEA2120550D.
  10. ↑ France and Iraq restore their diplomatic relations , article in The world July 12, 2004.
  11. ↑ French population registered in the global register (with consular posts) at 12/31/2016 .
  12. ↑ Loop n O 2013-659 of July 22, 2013 relating to the representation of the French established outside France on Legifrance .
  13. ↑ Decree n O 2005-552 You May 24, 2005 .
  14. ↑ 2014 elections – World division by district AFE , on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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