{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["france-d92e8ce8430bee"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/andre-de-laboulaye-aed6c23abe/","countrySlug":"france","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/andre-de-laboulaye-aed6c23abe/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["André Lefebvre de Laboulaye entered the foreign ministry in 1898 after studying law and political science. He served in Bucharest, Rome, Berlin, and Paris, and gained extensive American experience through assignments in Washington before and after the First World War. He later directed European affairs and served as deputy director of political and commercial affairs before returning to Washington as ambassador in 1933.","The unresolved First World War debts were a central issue during his ambassadorship. On 15 December 1933 he informed Secretary of State Cordell Hull that France would not pay the installment then due. His note maintained that France was not unilaterally repudiating its obligations, but argued that changed circumstances required a new settlement.","He also took part in cultural relations beyond Washington. In 1935 he helped lay the cornerstone of Louisiana State University's French House, built to house students studying Romance languages. His son François later served as ambassador to the United States as well."],"id":"france:andre de laboulaye","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-aed6c23abedfbd8c9c19.html","name":"André de Laboulaye","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["src-df6cfcb0579bb36a"],["src-2e3cfd9f530555ed"],["src-276c12d54d124229","src-df6cfcb0579bb36a"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-aed6c23abedfbd8c9c19.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"b57d3958d704ef10","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"src-df6cfcb0579bb36a","locator":"Biographie and Parcours professionnel","publisher":"Wikipédia","title":"André Lefebvre de Laboulaye","type":"reference","url":"https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Lefebvre_de_Laboulaye"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1933-12-15","id":"src-2e3cfd9f530555ed","locator":"FRUS 1933, vol. I, document 722","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"The French Ambassador (Laboulaye) to the Secretary of State","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1933v01/d722"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"src-276c12d54d124229","locator":"1935 cornerstone and opening entries","publisher":"Louisiana State University, Ogden Honors College","title":"Historical Timeline: French House","type":"institutional-history","url":"https://artsci.lsu.edu/honors/about/ohc-timeline.php"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2014-09-03; page report date; contains 2014-09-18 entry; accessed 20 October 2026","id":"mission-c0a410adaf2688f3b956","locator":"Complete published ambassador sequence from 1893 through Gérard Araud; separate Appt. and Amb. E. and P. dates; 1942 relations break and 1944 resumption","publisher":"","title":"Diplomatic Representation for French Republic","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/95681.htm"}],"topics":["War debts","Cultural diplomacy","Louisiana","Diplomatic families"]},"schemaVersion":1}