Henri François Martin

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Henri François Martin (born July 13, 1878 in Geneva , † February 22, 1959 ) was a Swiss diplomat . He was the first Swiss envoy to Turkey , Egypt , Bulgaria and Portugal . He was also the Swiss envoy to Poland and Switzerland's first consul general in Canada .

Diplomatic service

Martin joined the Swiss diplomatic service in 1904. From 1904 to 1907 he was embassy attaché at the Swiss embassy in Berlin and Paris . In 1907 he was appointed legation secretary at the Swiss legation in Washington, DC There he took part, among other things, at the Washington Conference of 1911 under the direction of the Swiss envoy, Paul Ritter .

With the establishment of the Consulate General in Montreal in 1912/13, the Federal Council appointed Martin Consul General of Switzerland in Canada. In 1917 the Federal Council appointed him commercial attaché to the Swiss legation in London. In 1921 he was appointed Legation Councilor in London .

In 1926 Martin was sent to Turkey on an extraordinary mission with the diplomatic title of Chargé d'Affaires in order to deepen Swiss-Turkish relations. Among other things, Martin was given the task of negotiating the trade agreement and the settlement agreement with the Turkish authorities, and he was also supposed to examine the question of whether a permanent embassy should be set up in Turkey. After the successful conclusion of the Swiss-Turkish trade agreement and the settlement agreement, the Federal Council appointed Martin in 1928 as the Swiss envoy to Turkey, based in Ankara. With his appointment as Swiss envoy in 1928, the establishment of a Swiss diplomatic mission in Turkey was finally realized. Between 1935 and 1937 Martin was also accredited in Egypt and in 1937 in Bulgaria .

Etienne Lardy replaced Martin in late 1937, and Martin succeeded Maxime de Stoutz as Swiss envoy to Poland. When the German Reich invaded Poland in 1939, Martin went to Hungary. He was finally transferred to Lisbon in 1941, where he continued to be accredited as Swiss envoy to the Polish government- in- exile in London and at the same time was chargé d'affaires at the Swiss embassy in Portugal. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, Martin was appointed Swiss envoy to Portugal, and Anton Roy Ganz took over the post in Warsaw. When Maximilian Jaeger arrived in Lisbon at the beginning of 1946, he replaced Martin as his successor. Then Martin retired.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Conférence de Washington du 15 may au 2 June 1911. I. Convention d'Union de Paris du 20 mars 1883. WIPO (PDF; 8.5 MB), p. 330.
  2. ↑ Consulate General in Canada. Federal Council Protocol No. 5690 of November 8, 1912, p. 48 (PDF; 12.6 MB).
  3. ↑ Appointment of Consul General Martin as commercial attaché of the embassy in London. Federal Council Protocol No. 2350 of September 21, 1917, p. 3 f. (PDF; 4.8 MB).
  4. ^ Octroi du titre de conseiller à M. Henri Martin secrétaire de légation de 1 re classe. Federal Council Protocol No. 2706 of September 16, 1921, p. 18 (PDF; 14.4 MB).
  5. ^ Envoi d'une mission extraordinaire en Turquie. Federal Council Protocol No. 593 of April 16, 1926, pp. 34–38 (PDF; 9.8 MB).
  6. ^ Friendship treaty between Switzerland and Turkey. Federal Administration website (PDF; 471 kB).
  7. ^ Nomination de Ministres à Buenos Aires et Ankara, d'un Chargé d'Affaires en pied au Caire. Federal Council Protocol No. 2114 of December 24, 1937, p. 74 f. (PDF; 28.4 MB).
  8. ^ Marek Andrzejewski: Swiss in Poland. Traces of the history of a bridge , p. 366 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  9. ↑ note from Martin on the Swiss-Polish relations from October 3, 1939 in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland .
  10. ^ Appointment of Minister H. Martin as Chargé d'affaires in Lisbon; Transfer of Messrs. Redard and de Claparède. Federal Council Protocol No. 6 of January 3, 1941, p. 12 (PDF; 3.4 MB).
  11. ↑ Nomination de M. Maximilian Jaeger en qualité de ministre de Suisse au Portugal. Federal Council Protocol No. 3260 of December 21, 1945, p. 67 (PDF; 39.1 MB).
predecessor Office successor
Swiss envoy in Ankara
1928–1937 		Etienne Lardy
Swiss envoy in Cairo
1935–1937 		Alfred Brunner
Swiss envoy in Sofia
1937–1937 		Etienne Lardy
Maxime de Stoutz Swiss envoy in Warsaw
1938–1945 (1941–1945 in Lisbon and accredited to the Polish government in exile) 		Anton Roy Ganz
Swiss envoy in Lisbon
1941–1945 as chargé d'affaires, 1945–1946 as Swiss envoy 		Maximilian Jaeger
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Henri François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1959