Paul Tirard
Paul Tirard (born June 2, 1879 in Nogent-le-Rotrou , † December 23, 1945 ) was a French politician, high commissioner and president of the Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission (1919-1930).
Life
From 1903 Tirard worked as a French administrative clerk. He was a lecturer in the French Council of State and later Ministerial Director in the French Colonial Ministry and the French Ministry of Justice. From 1912 until the First World War in 1914, Tirard served as the head of civil administration on the staff of the French General President in Morocco .
In the First World War he served as an officer from 1914 to 1918. After the war, he was High Commissioner and President of the Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission (IRKO) in the French-occupied Rhineland from 1919 to 1930 .
Works
- La France sur le Rhin. Douze Années d'Occupation Rhénane. Plon, Paris 1930.
- L'Art français en Rhénanie pendant l'Occupation 1918–1930. Dernières Nouvelles, Strasbourg 1930.
literature
- Margaret Pawley: The watch on the Rhine. The military occupation of the Rhineland, 1918-1930. Tauris, London et al. 2007, ISBN 978-1-8451-1457-2 ( online at Google Book Search ).
Web links
- Paul Tirard in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Files Edition . Weimar Republic
- www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de Paul Tirard (1879–1945), President of the Rhineland Commission
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tirard, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, High Commissioner and President of the Rhineland Commission (1919–1930) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nogent-le-Rotrou |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1945 |