- Jules Cambon
Jules-Martin Cambon (
April 5 ,1845 inParis -September 19 ,1935 inVevey ,Switzerland ) was a Frenchdiplomat .He began his career as a
lawyer (1866), served in theFranco-Prussian War and entered the civil service in 1871. He was prefect of the départment of Nord (1882) and of the Rhône (1887-1891), and in 1891 becamegovernor-general ofAlgeria , where he had served in a minor position in 1874.He was nominated French ambassador at
Washington D.C. in 1897, and in that capacity negotiated the preliminaries of peace on behalf of the Spanish government after the war with theUnited States . He was serving as theFrench Ambassador to the United States during the War of 1898. He was an active participant in the peace negotiations betweenSpain andUnited States and a contributor to the final agreement, the Treaty of Paris of 1898. His role in those negotiations helped Spain and France to develop a strong political partnership.He was transferred in 1902 to
Madrid , and in 1907 toBerlin , where he served as French ambassador to Germany until the outbreak ofWorld War I in 1914, and then as the head of the political section of the French foreign ministry during the war. His brother, Paul, was also a notable French diplomat.References
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/cambon.html Library of Congress]
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