Paul Cambon
Pierre Paul Cambon (born January 20, 1843 in Paris , † May 29, 1924 there ) was a French diplomat . Among other things, he acted as the French ambassador to Great Britain from 1898 to 1920 .
Life
Cambon completed a law degree in Paris in 1870. In the same year he became head of the personal staff of the future French Prime Minister Jules Ferry . From 1872 he was prefect of several French departments .
In 1882 he switched to the French diplomatic service. In 1883, together with Pierre Foncin , he founded the Alliance française , an organization that still exists today with the aim of spreading the French language and culture abroad. After he worked as a French resident in Tunis in 1886 in the establishment of the French protectorate over Tunisia there , he worked as an ambassador in Spain (1886), the Ottoman Empire (1891) and finally from 1898 in Great Britain. With the latter post he achieved the most significant post that a French diplomat could achieve in the world politics of the time. He achieved his first success as a French representative in London with his mediation in the Faschoda crisis of 1898.
Together with Théophile Delcassé and other foreign ministers, Cambon pursued a decisive rapprochement with Great Britain, which culminated in 1907 with the conclusion of the so-called Entente cordiale , and its later expansion into the Triple Entente , including imperial Russia .
literature
- Keith Eubank: Paul Cambon, master diplomatist. , 1960; Reprint: Greenwood Press, Greenwood, Connecticut 1978, ISBN 0313205027
Web links
- Paul Cambon (English)
- Les Promoteurs de l'Entente cordiale (French)
- Newspaper article about Paul Cambon in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| vacant |
French ambassador to Madrid 1886–1890 |
Jules Patenôtre |
| Gustave Lannes de Montebello |
French ambassador in Istanbul 1891–1898 |
Ernest Constans |
| Alphonse Chodron de Courcel |
French ambassador to London 1898–1920 |
Charles de Beaupoil |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cambon, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cambon, Pierre Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1924 |
| Place of death | Paris |