Charles François Laurent

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Charles François Laurent

Charles François Laurent (born November 12, 1856 in Paris , † 1939 ) was a French diplomat .

Life

Charles François Laurent was married to Sophie de Bénazé. He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and the École polytechnique . In 1877 he became a non-commissioned officer at the artillery school . In 1878 he was employed in the administration. From 1886 to 1888 he was employed in Tonkin . In 1893 he was the office manager of Finance Minister Paul Peytral . In 1898 he was in charge of public accounting. In 1907 the office of chairman of the Cour des comptes was created, which Laurent held. In 1908 he advised the government of the Turkish sultan Abdülhamid II on questions of the state budget . In 1910 he was managing director of the Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez and the railway company Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans . From 1911 he was president of the Banque des pays du Nord . Since its establishment on October 10, 1919, he has also headed Crédit national, a state bank that was founded for German reparations after the First World War .

He chaired the following institutions:

  • Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie (employers' association)
  • Construction mécanique, métallique et électrique (employers' association)
  • Association Centrale pour la reprise de l'activité industrial dans les régions libérées
  • Comptoir Central d'achats industriels pour les régions libérées

From June 26, 1920 to 1922 he was ambassador to Berlin .

predecessor Office successor
Jules Cambon French ambassador to Germany
June 26, 1920 to 1922 		Pierre de Margerie

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles François Laurent in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Edition Files. Weimar Republic
  2. ↑ Stefan Martens, Martina Kessel, July 1 - December 31, France. Ministère des affaires étrangères Bouvier, 1993 - 1489, p. 1305
  3. ↑ Qui êtes-vous? : Annuaire des contemporains; notices biographiques, Volume 3, p. 448
personal data
SURNAME Laurent, Charles François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1939