Stephen Jean-Marie Pichon (10 August 1857 – 18 September 1933,

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) was a French journalist, diplomat and politician of the Third Republic. The Avenue Stéphen-Pichon in Paris is named after him.

Life

Stephen Jean-Marie Pichon was born on 10 August 1857 in

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, Côte-d'Or. He served as French Minister to China (1897–1900), including the period of the

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. Stephen Pichon was appointed Resident-General of the Tunisian Protectorate in 1901, replacing Georges Benoit. In 1906 he was succeeded by Gabriel Alapetite. An associate of

Georges Clemenceau Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who was Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the poli ...

, he served several times under Clemenceau and others as

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. Stephen Pichon in Paris managed the French agreement with transformation of Czechoslovak National Council to the Provisional Czechoslovak government on 26 September 1918 (when

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received confirmation of

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from Washington). His most notable service was under Clemenceau during the latter part of the

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and the

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of 1919, but, like most of the other foreign ministers at the conference, Pichon was largely sidelined by the more forceful figure of his head of government. Stephen Pichon died on 18 September 1933 in

, Jura.

Honours

*Knight of the

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31 October 1895 *Officer of the

8 April 1898 *Commander of the

14 August 1900.Le dossier de Stephen Pichon est su
la base LEONORE du ministère de la Culture
*The Avenue Stéphen-Pichon in the

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, near the Place d'Italie, was named in his honour in 1934. * A school in

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in Tunisia has his name

Publications

* Articles et chroniques parlementaires dans '' La Justice'' * Écrits de publiciste dans '' Le Petit Journal'' * ''La diplomatie de l’Église sous la IIIe République'', édition O. Doin, 1892, 78 pages * ''Rétablissement des relations diplomatiques entre la France et la République dominicaine,'' 1894 * ''Traité d'arbitrage pour la délimitation de la Guyane française,'' 1897 * ''Les derniers jours de Pékin'' par

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, précédé de ''La Ville en flammes'' par Stephen Pichon, et ''la Défense de la légation de France'' par Eugène Darcy, 1902 * ''Dans la Bataille'', essai biographique, édition A. Méricant, 1908, 314 pages * ''La Guerre et les neutres'' par René Moulin, préface de Stephen Pichon, 1915 * Manuscrits et correspondances
manuscrits
de la bibliothèque de l'

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, et de la

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* 1857 births 1933 deaths People from Côte-d'Or Radical Party (France) politicians Foreign ministers of France Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Seine French senators of the Third Republic Senators of Jura (department) Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers {{France-diplomat-stub