Paul Hymans
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Paul Hymans 🇧🇪

Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans (Known as "Paul Hymans")
Liberal Statesman, First President of the League of Nations, Foreign Minister
Born Mar 23, 1865 🇧🇪 Ixelles (Brussels), Belgium
Passed Away Mar 08, 1941 Nice, France
Lifespan 75 years old
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"We are here to substitute justice for brute force, and law for the chaos of war."

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Belgian statesman and diplomat who made world history in November 1920 by being elected the very first President of the Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva.

Biographical Record

Professor of parliamentary history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and leader of the Liberal Party, Hymans served as Belgian envoy to London in World War I, rallying allied support. At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, he forcefully represented small nations in drafting the Covenant of the League of Nations.

Elected the first President of the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva in 1920 (and again in 1932), Hymans served four terms as Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, championing collective security, international arbitration, and European multilateralism.

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Ixelles Cemetery (Cimetière d'Ixelles)
Ixelles (Brussels), Belgium
GPS: 50.8167, 4.3833
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