Léon Noël
Léon Philippe Jules Arthur Noël (March 28, 1888 – August 6, 1987) was a French diplomat, politician and historian.
Léon Noël | |
|---|---|
| President of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 5 March 1959 – 5 March 1965 | |
| Appointed by | Charles de Gaulle |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Palewski |
| 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 | 28 March 1888 Paris, France |
| Died | 6 August 1987 (aged 99) Toucy, France |
| Alma mater | Paris Law Faculty |
| Profession | Lawyer Diplomat |
| Signature | |
Biography Edit
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).
He was the first President of the Constitutional Council of France (1959–1965).
Distinctions Edit
- Grand'croix of the Légion d'honneur
- Grand'croix of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Krzyż Wielki (Grand cross) of the Polonia Restituta
- Grand'croix of the Order of the White Lion
- Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
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Bibliography Edit
- Léon Noël, L'agression allemande contre la Pologne, Flammarion, 1946.
- Collectif, In memoriam Léon Noël (1888–1987), Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne, 1987, p. 5-8.
- Yves Beauvois, Léon Noël, de Laval à de Gaulle, via Pétain, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2001
- Id., « Le Conseil constitutionnel à ses débuts », Commentaire, hiver 2006-2007, p. 943-954
External links Edit
- French Parliament website
- French Constitutional Council website
- Biography by Yves Beauvois