Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis
Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis (born November 13, 1864 , † 1938 ) was a French diplomat .
Life
Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis was the son of Caroline West and Amédée Lefèvre-Pontalis , and cousin of Marie Augustin Jean Doulcet . He studied law and at the Institut national des langues et civilizations orientales . At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Quai d'Orsay , he initially served in the economic department.
In 1894 he was deputy commissioner in Laos under Auguste Pavie . From 1894 to 1895 he was a member of a border commission for the Red River and Mekong region in Vietnam under French colonial rule , and he also worked for a Franco-British border commission.
In 1896 he was legation secretary in Cairo and in 1899 legation secretary in Luxembourg and St. Petersburg . Based on the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 , the French colonial administration in Vietnam organized the exhibition L'Exposition d'Hanoï from November 1902 to January 1903, to which Lefevre-Pontalis was also sent. In 1905 he was secretary of the legation in Athens . In 1908 he was a member of the international financial control to which the Greek King George I had had to submit since 1893. In 1909 he was secretary of the embassy in Washington and from 1912 to 1915 Ministre plénipotentiaire in Bangkok . In 1918 he headed the Consulate General in Cairo. From February to August 1920 he was High Commissioner and then until October 1924 Ministre plénipotentiaire in Vienna . Pontalis' wife had the last name Déjardin-Verkinder. Pontalis was the commander of the Legion of Honor .
Publications
- Voyages dans le haut Laos et sur les frontieres de Chine et de Birmanie . In: Mission Pavie: Indo-Chine, 1879-1895: Géographie et voyages , vol. 5. E. Leroux, Paris, 1902.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Qui êtes-vous? : Annuaire des contemporains; notices biographiques: Vol. 3, p. 463
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Auguste Pavie |
French ambassador to Thailand 1912–1915 |
Roger Maugras |
Henri Allizé |
French High Commissioner in Vienna February – August 1920 |
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French Ministre plénipotentiaire in Stockholm 1920–1924 |
Maurice Delarüe Caron de Beaumarchais |
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SURNAME | Lefèvre-Pontalis, Pierre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1864 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1938 |