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Jacques Seydoux

1870 – 1929

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Lived 1870 – 1929 (aged 58). Jacques Seydoux was a French diplomat and economist.

Charles Louis Auguste Jacques Seydoux (1870–1929) was a French diplomat, economist and Director of Commercial Relations at the French Foreign Ministry.

Life and career Seydoux was the son of Anne Elisabeth (Sers) and Louis Auguste Seydoux. He was the organiser of the Blockade Department during the First World War and was Assistant Director for Commercial Affairs from May 1919 to October 1924. He was then Deputy Director of Political and Commercial Affairs from until December 1926. He was estimated by his colleagues as the most creative thinker on political matters and he wrote every major paper on economics at the Foreign Ministry for eight years. During the 1920s he was the chief reparations expert on the French side and was firmly in favour of Franco-German economic rapprochement.

The historian Stephen Schuker called Seydoux "by far the most lucid mind among senior French bureaucrats in the 1920s...self-effacing, nonpolitical, but independent-minded who put his expertise at the service of the most diverse political superiors and managed to win the admiration of them all".

Works De Versailles au Plan Young (Paris: Plon, 1932).

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
École Libre des Sciences Politiques
Positions held
Minister plenipotentiary
Awards
Commander of the Legion of Honour; Officier d'académie; Order of the Redeemer; Knight Officer of the Order of the Crown (Romania); Officer of the Order of Leopold; Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class
Also known as
Charles Louis Auguste Jacques Seydoux

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Jacques Seydoux's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Jacques Seydoux?

diplomat (1870-1929)

When was Jacques Seydoux born?

Jacques Seydoux was born on 30 December 1870 in Pau.

When did Jacques Seydoux die?

Jacques Seydoux died on 28 May 1929 in Paris.

What was Jacques Seydoux's occupation?

Jacques Seydoux was a diplomat and economist.

What nationality was Jacques Seydoux?

Jacques Seydoux was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jacques Seydoux

· Wikidata: Q16030202

· DBpedia: Jacques Seydoux

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