Philippe Baudet

Philippe Baudet (born August 29, 1901 in Argenteuil , † March 19, 1981 in Paris ) was a French diplomat, most recently with the rank of ambassador .

Life

Philippe Baudet attended the Lycée Condorcet in Paris. He studied law and political science at the University of Paris and at the private university École libre des sciences politiques .

In 1928 he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and initially served at the consulate in Constantinople . From 1930 to 1934 he was accredited to the embassies in Washington and Nanjing . He then worked in the economic department at the Quai d'Orsay . In 1938 he became the embassy secretary in Mexico City .

In early 1942, Philippe Baudet was recalled by the Vichy government . Philippe Baudet then made himself available to the Forces françaises libres under General de Gaulle in London , where he headed the Foreign Affairs Department . From August 1944 to 1945 he was again at the Embassy in Washington, where he was promoted to First Counselor .

From 1945 to 1947 he was director of the Asia-Oceania department at the Quai d'Orsay . From 1947 to 1950 he was counselor in London, where he was at times Chargé d'affaires . On September 23, 1950, he was accredited as ambassador to Belgrade and served there until 1955. From 1961 to 1963 he was ambassador in Bern and between 1964 and 1966 in the same capacity in Moscow .

source

• Philippe Baudet in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John E. Three Fort, Myopic grandeur: the ambivalence of French foreign policy toward the Far East

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean Payart	French Ambassador to Belgrade September 23, 1950 to 1955	Pierre R. Coulet
Étienne Dennery	French ambassador in Bern 1961–1963	Guy de Girard de Charbonnières
Maurice Dejean	French Ambassador to Moscow February 1964 to 1966	Olivier Wormser