Gaston Maugras

François Gustave Gaston Maugras (born July 11, 1884 in Le Plessis-Hébert , Département Eure , † 1965 in Paris ) was a French diplomat .

Life

François Gustave Gaston Maugras was a son of Gaston Maugras (1850-1927), historian, and Marie Cécile Bapst (* 1858), a niece of the ambassador Edmond Bapst ; Brother of the diplomat Roger Maugras . He married Aimée d'Abzac in 1927; their daughter died in March 1965. Gaston Maugras studied law and philology . In 1908 he joined the Foreign Service and became an attaché in Berlin . In 1911 he was Legation Secretary in Washington, DC In 1918 he was Legation Secretary in Bangkok and in 1919 he held the same position in Beijing . From 1924 to December 1925 he was consul general in Jerusalem and from December 1925 to December 1929 envoy in Tehran . In 1927 he was employed by Henri Ponsot as the High Commissioner for the League of Nations Mandate for Syria and Lebanon . From December 1934 to November 1938 he was envoy to Budapest and from November 1938 to 1941 he was envoy to Athens . From November 21, 1944 to 1948, he was ambassador to Ankara .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Florence Hellot-Bellier, France-Iran: Quatre cents ans de dialogue , p. 261

predecessor	Office	successor
Louis-Joseph-Henri Rais	French consul general in Jerusalem 1924 to December 1925	Louis-Alphonse Doire
Paul Ballerea	French envoy in Tehran December 1925 to December 1929	Edouard de Sercey
Louis de Vienne	Ambassade de France en Hongrie December 1934 to November 1938	Pierre Guerlet
Louis Frédéric Louis Frédéric Clément-Simon	Ambassade de France en Grèce November 1938 to 1941	Christian Carra de Vaux Saint Cyr
Jacques Tarbe de Saint-Hardouin	French ambassador in Ankara November 21, 1944 to 1948	Jean Lescuyer