Paul Tirard (2 June 1879 – 23 December 1945) was chairman of the

Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission The Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission was created by the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, to supervise the occupation of the Rhineland and "ensure, by any means, the security and satisfaction of all the needs of the Armies of Occupation" ...

from 1919 to 1930.

Biography

He was born in

Nogent-le-Rotrou Nogent-le-Rotrou () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture and is located on the river Huisne, 56 kilometres west of Chartres on the RN23 and 150 kilometres south west of Paris, to which it is lin ...

on 2 June 1879 into a family of industrialists, son of Ferdinand Tirard. He studied law (docteur en droit de la Faculté de Paris in 1906) before becoming a career

civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

. In 1912 he was involved in setting up the colonial administration of the French Protectorate of Morocco. Président in 1943 of the

Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

. He died on 23 December 1945 in

Paris, France Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

(17ème arrondissement), 8 rue Anatole de La Forge and was bachelor. In October 1947 a French school, the ''Lycée Français Paul Tirard'', was established in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

.''L'Écho Républicain de la Beauce et du Perche'', 1/2 November 1947.

References

Bibliography

* *Tirard, P. (1930) ''L'Art français de Rhine pendant l'Occupation 1918–1930''. Strasbourg: * * Jardin, P., (1989) 'La politique rhénane de Paul Tirard (1920–1923)', in ''Revue d'Allemagne'' 21, pp. 208–216. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tirard, Paul 20th-century French diplomats Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission People from Nogent-le-Rotrou 1879 births 1945 deaths French people of World War I