Paul Tirard (2 June 1879 – 23 December 1945) was chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission from 1919 to 1930.

Biography

He was born in Nogent-le-Rotrou 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

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

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. He died on 23 December 1945 in

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(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

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.''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