Léon Bourgeois - Nobel Peace Prize — 1920
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Léon Bourgeois

Prize
Nobel Peace Prize — 1920
for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations
Citizenship
France France
Languages
French
date of birth
5/29/1851
place of birth
former 9th arrondissement of Paris
date of death
9/29/1925
place of death
Épernay
Lived
74 years
position held
  • Prefect of Police of Paris
    • start time: 11/17/1887
    • end time: 3/11/1888
  • Sub-prefect of Reims
    • start time: 1880
    • end time: 1882
  • General secretary of prefecture of Marne
    • end time: 1880
    • start time: 1877
  • General secretary of prefecture of Seine
    • start time: 1883
    • end time: 1885
  • Prefect of Haute-Garonne
    • end time: 1886
    • start time: 1885
  • Prefect of Tarn
    • end time: 1883
    • start time: 1882
  • President of the Council
    • end time: 4/22/1896
    • start time: 11/1/1895
  • president
    • start time: 1900
    • end time: 1913
  • President of the Council
    • end time: 4/29/1896
    • start time: 11/1/1895
  • member of the French National Assembly
  • senator of the French Third Republic
  • ambassador
member of
  • Institut de Droit International
    • start time: 1908
  • Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
occupation
  • judge
  • politician
  • diplomat
  • official
  • jurist
educated at
  • Paris Law Faculty
work location
  • Paris
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