Nationality French Role French Politician Children Guaram I of Iberia | Religion catholic Name Leon Noel | |
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Died August 6, 1987, Paris, France | ||
Grandchildren Stephen I of Iberia Great grandchildren Guaram II of Iberia | ||
Appartement Rue Leon Noel - Cannes - France
Léon Philippe Jules Arthur Noël (March 28, 1888 – August 6, 1987) was a French diplomat, politician and historian.
Contents
- Appartement Rue Leon Noel Cannes France
- Leon Noel sur France 2 restauration de la Cathdrale de Reims
- Biography
- Distinctions
- References
Leon Noel sur France 2 restauration de la Cathédrale de Reims
Biography
He is the son of Jules Noël, conseiller d'Etat, and Cécile Burchard-Bélaváry. He received a Doctor of Laws in 1912 and then became Conseiller d'État. In 1927 he became Délégué Général of the High Commissioner of the French Republic in Rhineland.
He became Prefect of Haut-Rhin in 1930, Plenipotentiary Minister in Prague (1932–1935), and then French Ambassador to Poland (1935–1940).
He represented the French Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Armistice at Compiègne on 22 June 1940. He was named delegate general in the territories occupied on July 9, 1940. Ten days later he resigned, and he joined de Gaulle in 1943. He is member (1944) next president of French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (1958).
He was a Member of the French Parliament (RPF) (1951–1955).
He was the first President of the Constitutional Council of France (1959–1965).
Distinctions
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