Léon Thébaud

Léon Robert Thébaud, a lawyer and ambassador, was born in Gonaïves, Haïti, on 5 June and died in Paris, France. He worked early on with his father in the import trade of building materials. Léon was appointed consul general in Marseille, France, on 13 October 1927. From 1932 to 1937 he was a counsellor at the legation in Paris, minister plenipotentiary 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.

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