Jean Jules Jusserand

Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand
J. J. Jusserand in 1910
Born	Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand 18 February 1855 Lyon, France
Died	18 July 1932(1932-07-18) (aged 77) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	University of Lyon

Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand (18 February 1855 – 18 July 1932) was a French author and diplomat. He was the French Ambassador to the United States during World War I.

Jean Jules Jusserand's career started in 1878 when he applied to the Foreign Affairs national competition, at the age of 23. He first started as a student-consul, and he was then kept as a help-consul in London under the direction of Mr. Langlet, who congratulated him on his remarkable work. In 1880, he became sous-chef of the 'cabinet de Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire', where he worked as minister of foreign affairs. His literatry work enabled him to reach a higher status as Paul Cambon's partner, Minister of France in Tunisia, in 1882. Where he will be in charge of the administrative organisation of the protectorate. He is named a respected diplomate, thanks to his contributions to the great humanization of the protectorate. Jusserand came back to the Quai d’Orsay in 1887, in a delicate moment, where he worked in the political sector. In 1898 he exerced in the role of emissary near Saint-Siège, then Minister of France in Copenhagen. He will be finally named ambassador in Washington in 1902,under the presidency of Loubet.

He was born on 18 February 1855 in Lyon. Jusserand studied at the University of Lyon and then a Ph.D. in history and a law degree in Paris. Jusserand entered the diplomatic service in 1876. Two years later, he became consul in London. After an interval spent in Tunis (Tunisia was at that time a French protectorate), he returned to London in 1887 as a member of the French Embassy.

In 1890, Jusserand became French minister at Copenhagen. In 1902, he was transferred to Washington, where he married an American citizen, Eliza Richards, and remained there until 1925. He represented France during the Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge administrations. He was a confidant of President Theodore Roosevelt and part of his "secret du roi" group. During the Polish-Soviet War, Jusserand took part in a diplomatic mission to the Second Polish Republic. In 1919 he was involved with the Treaty of Versailles.