Léon Thébaud

Léon Robert Thébaud, a lawyer and ambassador, was born in

in Paris and inspector of consulates of Haiti in Europe from 1937 to 1941. After four years there, Thébaud was transferred in 1941 to Rome, where he represented Haiti as an envoy extraordinary to the Vatican.

The occupation of Rome by the German armed forces in September 1943 forced him to step down from this post. He returned to Rome in 1947, and in 1954 once again became Haiti’s minister plenipotentiary in France.¹

Évian Conference

Léon Robert Thébaud attended the Évian Conference from 6 to 13 July 1938 in Évian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the issue of Jewish refugees escaping Nazi persecution. He attended representing the island nation of Haiti as the commercial attaché in Paris, with the rank of minister.

Haitian history

As Haitian ambassador to France, Léon Thébaud put up a stone cross memorial for

.

References

• "Francois-Dominique Toussaint". Napoleon Monuments. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
• Léon Robert Thébaud: un diplomate haïtien ami de la France. Google Books/ Amazon: Blodin, 1949. 1949. p. 155.
• "Toussaint's Body". Webster. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
• "Le Chateaux De Joux". Toussaint L'Ouverture. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

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