Albert Bodard

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Albert Bodard (around 1920)

Albert Bodard (born January 10, 1883 in La Rochelle , † 1969 ) was a French diplomat .

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Albert Bodard was the son of Marie Vélina Penaud and Julien Eugène Bodard. In 1906 he was a translator at the Chengdu Consulate in China, and from 1910 he was Vice Consul there. From 1911 to 1915 he was consul in Chongqing , where his son Lucien (1914–1998) was born.

In 1916 he was consul in Chengdu and from 1922 to 1925 consul 1st class in Kunming . From 1926 he was consul general in Batavia in Indonesia and from 1931 to 1934 envoy in Kabul . From 1935 to 1937 he was envoy to Addis Ababa in Italian East Africa , where he was not allowed to use his radio. From March 12, 1937 to August 30, 1939 he was envoy to Tehran and from January 3 to August 26, 1940 he was envoy in Mexico City .

predecessor Office successor
Marcel Feit French envoy in Kabul from
1931 to 1934
René Dollot
François de Coppet French envoy in Addis Ababa
1935 to 1937
Ludovic Chancel
Claude Achille Clarac French envoy in Tehran
March 12, 1937 to August 30, 1939
Pierre-Henry de La Blanche Valley
Alfred Chilhaud Dumaine French envoy in Mexico City
January 3 to August 26, 1940
Gilbert Arvengas

Individual evidence

  1. Almanach Hachette, 1937, p. 108