François Seydoux de Clausonne

François Seydoux de Clausonne (2nd from left) at a reception of the Franco-German Society (1966)

François Louis Auguste Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne (born February 15, 1905 in Berlin , † August 30, 1981 in Paris ) was a French diplomat.

Life

Seydoux de Clausonne was the son of the French diplomat Jacques Seydoux . After studying philosophy and law in Paris, he entered the diplomatic service in 1928.

From 1933 he served as a secretary in the French embassy in Berlin . From here he moved to the French Foreign Ministry in 1936 to take over the management of the Germany department. After the occupation of France by German troops, Seydoux joined the Resistance in 1942 .

After the end of the war, he headed the European department in the French Foreign Ministry from 1949 to 1955. From 1956 he worked as the French ambassador, first in Vienna and from 1958 to 1962 and from 1965 to 1970 in Bonn.

Seydoux de Clausonne was instrumental in bringing about the Elysée Treaty .

Honors

In 1970 he was awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen for his contribution to European integration .

literature

• François Seydoux , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 01/1982 of December 28, 1981, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Charlemagne Prize winner 1970 François Seydoux de Clausonne  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Speech by François Seydoux de Clausonne