François Charles-Roux

Jules François Charles -Roux ( born November 19, 1879 in Marseille, † June 26, 1961 in Paris) was a French diplomat, historian and manager.

Life

François Charles -Roux was the son of Jules Charles- Roux. He married Sabine Gounelle. On October 4, 1909, her son Jules Henri François Charles -Roux was born in Sorgue. On April 17, 1920 her daughter Edmonde Charles -Roux was born in Neuilly -sur -Seine.

He studied at the University of Paris and at the École libre des sciences politiques. He joined the Foreign Service in 1902 and was deployed from 1902 to 1904 as Attaché to Saint Petersburg. From 1905 to 1906 he was secretary of legation in Constantinople Opel. From 1907 to 1911 he was secretary of legation in Cairo. From 1912 to 1915 he was secretary of legation in London. From 1916 to 1923 he was Counsellor in Rome. In 1924 he was Inspector message. In 1925 he was a delegate of the Danube Commission. From 1926 to 1932 he was ambassador in Prague. In 1934 he became a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. From 1932 to 1940 he was ambassador to the Holy See.

In May 1940 he broke from Saint- John Perse as Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry. An office which he, as Adolf Hitler met until October 24, 1940 in Montoire- sur -le- Loir with Pierre Laval and Philippe Pétain, exercised under Paul Baudouin. After 1945 he was a prominent advocate for the continuation of French colonial policy and led the group Présence française, which sought to preserve the French protectorate of Morocco. He was chairman of the Central Committee of the French Overseas Territories and 1948-1956 President of GDF Suez and Chairman of Catholic Relief Services.