Philippe Berthelot

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Philippe Joseph Louis Berthelot (born October 9, 1866 in Sèvres , Hauts-de-Seine , † November 22, 1934 in Paris ) was a French diplomat .

Philippe Berthelot
Bertholet with Jules Jean Jusserand (left) and Aristide Briand (right) in Washington, DC in 1921

Life

The son of the chemist and politician Marcellin Berthelot entered the diplomatic service in 1899 and in 1904, after two years at the embassy in China, was transferred to the foreign ministry , the so-called Quai d'Orsay , where he became one of the key officials in the following years rise. When the First World War broke out , he took part in the follow-up negotiations to the Balkan Wars . After attending the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919, he was appointed Director of Political and Commercial Affairs in the Foreign Ministry with the rank of Council of State and thus held one of the highest positions.

In September 1920 he took over the newly created post of Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry with the rank of Ambassador and in the next few years was one of the most influential advisers to such well-known foreign ministers as Aristide Briand and Édouard Herriot . Due to his involvement in the bankruptcy of the Banque Industrielle de Chine, whose president was his brother André Berthelot, he was on leave on December 30, 1921 after an internal investigation ordered by Foreign Minister Raymond Poincaré .

On April 2, 1925, he was again General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and held this office until 1933. In September 1925, he accompanied Briand to the Locarno negotiations . In the following years he was responsible for the internal organization of the Foreign Ministry and for the reorganization of French foreign policy, which he described as "close union with the United Kingdom and rapprochement with Germany ". In the course of his career he had a decisive influence on the diplomatic careers of the writers Paul Claudel , Saint-John Perse , Jean Giraudoux and Paul Morand , with whom he not only had professional cooperation but also a personal friendship. His successor as General Secretary of the Quai d'Orsay was Saint-John Perse.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gordon Alexander Craig, Felix Gilbert: The Diplomats, 1919–1939. 1994, ISBN 0-691-03660-8 .
  2. ↑ BRIAND VOTE SMALL IN CHAMBER DEBATE; Fierce Attack Made on Philippe Berthelot, Director of the Foreign Office. ROW OVER BANK OF CHINA Former Premier Leygues Repudiates Telegrams Newspaper Asserted Had Been Signed by Him. In: The New York Times. July 9, 1921.
  3. ↑ Ralph Blessing: The possible peace. 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58027-3 .
  4. ↑ JVF Keiger: Raymond Poincaré. 2002, ISBN 0-521-89216-3 .
  5. ↑ TEN-YEAR RETIREMENT IMPOSED ON BERTHELOT; Dropped From Diplomatic List for Aiding Bank of China During Its Crisis. In: The New York Times. March 17, 1922.
  6. ^ Elisabeth Müller-Luckner: Germany and France. 2000, ISBN 3-486-56496-X .
  7. ↑ Klaus Hildebrand: The past realm. 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58605-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Berthelot, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berthelot, Philippe-Joseph-Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Sèvres , Hauts-de-Seine department , France
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1934
Place of death Paris