Jan 31 (Reuters) - Orange, France's biggest telecoms company, named on Tuesday the current head of Orange Spain Jean-François Fallacher as the new chief executive officer for its French branch, with Fallacher replacing Fabienne Dulac from April 3.

Dulac will remain on the Executive Committee and will contribute to the deployment of the upcoming strategic plan, added Orange in a statement. (Reporting by Dina Kartit; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)