Léon Noël

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Léon Noël
President of the Constitutional Council
In office
5 March 1959 – 5 March 1965
Appointed byCharles de Gaulle
Succeeded byGaston Palewski
Deputy for the RPF
In office
1951–1955
French Ambassador in Poland
In office
1935–1940
Plenipotentiary Minister in Prague
In office
1932–1935
Prefect of Haut-Rhin
In office
1930–1931
High Commissioner of the French Republic in Rhineland
In office
1927–1930
Personal details
Born(1888-03-28)28 March 1888
Paris, France
Died6 August 1987(1987-08-06) (aged 99)
Toucy, France
Alma materParis Law Faculty
ProfessionLawyer
Diplomat
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Léon Philippe Jules Arthur Noël (28 March 1888 – 6 August 1987) was a French diplomat, politician and historian.

Biography[edit]

He is the son of Jules Noël, conseiller d'Etat, and Cécile Burchard-Bélaváry. He received a Doctor of Laws in 1912 and then became Conseiller d'État. In 1927 he became Délégué Général of the High Commissioner of the French Republic in Rhineland.

He became Prefect of Haut-Rhin in 1930, Plenipotentiary Minister in Prague (1932–1935), and then French Ambassador to Poland (1935–1940).

He represented the French Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Armistice at Compiègne on 22 June 1940. He was named delegate general in the territories occupied on 9 July 1940. Ten days later he resigned, and he joined de Gaulle in 1943. He is member (1944) next president of French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (1958).

He was a Member of the French Parliament (RPF) (1951–1955).

He was the first President of the Constitutional Council of France (1959–1965).

Distinctions[edit]

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Bibliography[edit]

  • Léon Noël, L'agression allemande contre la Pologne, Flammarion, 1946.
  • Collectif, In memoriam Léon Noël (1888–1987), Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne, 1987, p. 5-8.
  • Yves Beauvois, Léon Noël, de Laval à de Gaulle, via Pétain, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2001
  • Id., « Le Conseil constitutionnel à ses débuts », Commentaire, hiver 2006-2007, p. 943-954

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Legal offices
New title President of the Constitutional Council
1959–1965
Succeeded by