Cambon, Jules

Cambon, Jules

▪ French diplomat
in full  Jules-martin Cambon  
born April 5, 1845, Paris, France
died Sept. 19, 1935, Vevey, Switz.

      French diplomat who played an important role in the peace negotiations between the United States and Spain (1898) and was influential in the formation of French policy toward Germany in the decade before World War I.

      Educated in law, Cambon entered the prefectorial administration after service in the Franco-German War (1870–71). In June 1878 he was appointed prefect of Constantine (Algeria) and then served as secretary-general of the prefecture of Paris and prefect of the départements of Nord (1882) and Rhône (1887). In January 1891 he returned to Algeria as governor-general.

      After a conspicuously successful term in Algeria, Cambon was appointed ambassador to the United States (October 1897) and helped negotiate the peace after the Spanish-American War. As ambassador to Spain (1902–07) and to Germany (1907–14), he was concerned in the disputes between France and Germany at Algeciras (1906) and after the Agadir crisis (1911). Together with his brother Paul, who was ambassador to Great Britain, he laboured to avoid war with Germany. When the hostilities began (1914), he returned to Paris to become secretary-general of the Foreign Ministry (1915). During the Versailles peace conferences, he served as chairman of the commissions for Greek, Czech, and Polish matters. In 1918 he was elected to the French Academy and during 1919–31 served as chairman of the Council of Ambassadors, which was designed to supervise the application of the Versailles peace agreements.

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