Jacques Fouques-Duparc (4 March 1897, in

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– 2 August 1966) was a French diplomat and writer.

Early life

Jacques Fouques-Duparc was born in Paris on 4 March 1897, the son of a diplomat. He studied at the

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and later at the

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(''Sciences-Po'') and became licentiate in literature and doctor of law. He was a soldier during

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and received the ''

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''.

Diplomatic career

Fouques-Duparc began his diplomatic career in 1921 as part of the French delegation at the

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, the precursor to the

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which had been founded in 1919. He worked there until 1924 and again between 1926 and 1932. From 1924 to 1926, he worked as an embassy secretary at the French embassy in

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. In 1932, Fouques-Duparc returned to France where he worked in various positions in the central administration of the

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and as a senior advisor for

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and

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. In 1938, he left France again, this time for

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where he worked at the embassy for a year before joining the French public radio administration as the head of the foreign language broadcasts. After the French defeat to Germany in 1940, Fouques-Duparc, who was hostile to the

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, was dismissed and joined the

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. Following the war, Fouques-Duparc resumed his diplomatic career and was a delegate at the 1945

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and a senior advisor to Léon Blum. In 1947, he was named French

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and held the position until 1957. He finished his career in France holding various responsibilities in French foreign affairs.

Partial bibliography

* ''La protection des minorités de race, de langue et de religion : Étude de droit des gens'', Dalloz, 1922.
Full text
* ''Le Troisième Richelieu. Libérateur du territoire en 1815'', Lyon, Lardanchet, 1940

References

1897 births 1966 deaths Ambassadors of France to Italy 20th-century French diplomats Place of death missing Diplomats from Paris {{France-diplomat-stub