Stephen Pichon | |
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| French Minister to China | |
| In office 1897–1900 | |
| Resident-General of the Tunisian Protectorate | |
| In office 1901–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Georges Benoit. |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Alapetite |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1906–1911 | |
| Preceded by | Léon Bourgeois |
| Succeeded by | Jean Cruppi |
| In office 1913–1913 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Jonnart |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Doumergue |
| In office 1917–1920 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Barthou |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Millerand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1857-08-10)10 August 1857 Arnay-le-Duc, Côte-d'Or,France |
| Died | 18 September 1933(1933-09-18) (aged 76) Vers-en-Montagne, Jura,France |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Stephen Jean-Marie Pichon (10 August 1857 – 18 September 1933,Vers-en-Montagne) was a French journalist, diplomat and politician of theThird Republic. TheAvenue Stéphen-Pichon in Paris is named after him.
Stephen Jean-Marie Pichon was born on 10 August 1857 inArnay-le-Duc, Côte-d'Or.
He served as French Minister to China (1897–1900), including the period of theBoxer Uprising.[1]Stephen Pichon was appointedResident-General of the Tunisian Protectorate in 1901, replacingGeorges Benoit.In 1906 he was succeeded byGabriel Alapetite.[2]
An associate ofGeorges Clemenceau, he served several times under Clemenceau and others asMinister of Foreign Affairs. Stephen Pichon in Paris managed the French agreement with transformation of Czechoslovak National Council to the Provisional Czechoslovak government on 26 September 1918 (whenEdvard Beneš received confirmation ofTomáš Garrigue Masaryk from Washington).[3]
His most notable service was under Clemenceau during the latter part of theFirst World War and theParis Peace Conference 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 inVers-en-Montagne, Jura.
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