page_title: François de Vial
section_title: Diplomatic career
hierarchical_section_title: François de Vial / Biography / Diplomatic career
caption_attribution_description: English: The french General Consul in London Francois de Vail and his wife meeting the lord-mayor 1962
context_page_description: François de Vial was a diplomat and a Minister Plenipotentiary of France.
context_section_description: Attached to the Consulate of France in Berlin in 1932
  Seconded to the Embassy of France Prague 1933
  Embassy of France in Berne from 1934 to 1935
  Embassy of France in Budapest from 1935 to 1938
  Vice-consul in Naples from 1938 to 1939, he did not join the mobilization center
  Attached to the Embassy of France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1944: Palazzo Taverna Orsini, founded by the Orsini family.
  Consul in Firenze from 1944 to 1949
  General consul in Quebec from 1953 to 1960
  General consul in Liverpool
  Plenipotentiary Minister Embassy of France in Madrid
  Member of  NATO Defense College
  Plenipotentiary Minister in London
caption: François de Vial meeting with the Lord Mayor
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