Paul Tirard

Paul Tirard
Born	2 June 1879 Croissy-sur-Seine
Died	23 December 1945 (aged 66)
Nationality	French
Occupation	Chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.

Paul Tirard (2 June 1879 – 23 Décember 1945) was chairman of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission from 1919 to 1930. He took up residence in the Oberpräsidium.^[1]

He was born in Croissy-sur-Seine (Yvelines) into a family of industrialists, son of Ferdinand Tirard. He studied law (docteur en droit de la Faculté de Paris in 1906) before becoming a career civil servant. In 1912 he was involved in setting up the colonial administration of the French Protectorate of Morocco.^[2] Président in 1943 of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He died in Paris (17ème arrondissement) 8 rue Anatole de la Forge and was bachelor.

In October 1947 a French school, the Lycée Français Paul Tirard, was established in Mainz.^[3]

References

1. Pawley (2007) p.21
2. Theis, Kerstin. "Paul Tirard (1879–1945), President of the Rhineland Commission". Rheinische Geschichte. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
3. L'Echo Républicain de la Beauce et du Perche, 1er et 2 novembre 1947.

Bibliography

• Tirard, Paul (1930). La France sur le Rhin. Paris: Plon.
• Tirard, P. (1930) L'Art français de Rhine pendant l'Occupation 1918–1930. Strasbourg:

Pawley, Margaret (2007). The Watch on the Rhine: The Military Occupation of the Rhineland, 1918–1930. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-457-2.

• Jardin, P., (1989) 'La politique rhénane de Paul Tirard (1920–1923)', in Revue d'Allemagne 21, pp. 208–216.