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Léon Noël

Léon Noël
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President of the Constitutional Council of France
In office
1959–1965
Deputy for the RPF
In office
1951–1955
French Ambassador in Poland
In office
1935–1940
Plenipotentiary Minister in Prague
In office
1932–1935
Prefect of Haut-Rhin
In office
1930–1931
High Commissioner of the French Republic in Rhineland
In office
1927–1930
Personal details
Born (1888-03-28)28 March 1888
Toucy, France
Died 6 August 1987(1987-08-06) (aged 99)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Profession Lawyer, diplomat
Religion catholic

Léon Philippe Jules Arthur Noël (March 28, 1888 – August 6, 1987) was a French diplomat, politician and historian.

He is the son of Jules Noël, conseiller d'Etat, and Cécile Burchard-Bélaváry. He received a Doctor of Laws in 1912 and then became Conseiller d'État. In 1927 he became Délégué Général of the High Commissioner of the French Republic in Rhineland.

He became Prefect of Haut-Rhin in 1930, Plenipotentiary Minister in Prague (1932–1935), and then French Ambassador to Poland (1935–1940).

He represented the French Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Armistice at Compiègne on 22 June 1940. He was named delegate general in the territories occupied on July 9, 1940. Ten days later he resigned, and he joined de Gaulle in 1943. He is member (1944) next president of French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (1958).

He was a Member of the French Parliament (RPF) (1951–1955).


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