{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["france-678c53e1aeb1bd"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/francois-lefebvre-de-laboulaye-119c881cd2/","countrySlug":"france","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/francois-lefebvre-de-laboulaye-119c881cd2/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["François Lefebvre de Laboulaye came from a diplomatic family: his father André had also represented France in Washington. His own career included work in Beirut, Ottawa, Washington, and Moscow, an assignment with the Compagnie française des pétroles, and ambassadorships in Brazil and Japan. He became ambassador to the United States in 1977.","His Washington work included the implementation of international trade agreements. In April 1979 he and European Community ambassador Fernand Spaak met Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Speaking for the Community presidency, Laboulaye urged that American legislation faithfully reproduce the Tokyo Round agreements, particularly their standard for determining injury in dumping and subsidy cases.","Outside his diplomatic assignments, he maintained a long friendship with the scholar Louis Massignon, whom he met in Lebanon in 1945. He accompanied Massignon during a 1952 Canadian visit and later chaired the Association des Amis de Louis Massignon from 1983 to 1996. The association credits his international contacts with helping organize the scholar's centenary commemorations."],"id":"france:francois lefebvre de laboulaye","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-119c881cd27ebcca46db.html","name":"François Lefebvre de Laboulaye","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["src-31a4cf96a6ae1259"],["src-70dacaf0033de303"],["src-2cc622078972b294"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-119c881cd27ebcca46db.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"c26dce0e8f9f0b28","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"src-31a4cf96a6ae1259","locator":"Biographical section and references","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"François Lefebvre de Laboulaye","type":"reference","url":"https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lefebvre_de_Laboulaye"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1979-06-05","id":"src-70dacaf0033de303","locator":"FRUS 1977–1980, vol. III, document 216, footnote 2 quoting Christopher's 17 April 1979 report","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"Memorandum from Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Strauss to President Carter","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v03/d216"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"src-2cc622078972b294","locator":"Bérengère Massignon's biographical account and cited family testimony","publisher":"Association des Amis de Louis Massignon","title":"François de La Boulaye","type":"institutional-history","url":"https://louismassignon.fr/biographie/figures/amis/francois-de-la-boulaye/"},{"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"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-20; retrieved; accessed 20 October 2026","id":"mission-9401ad1e545da739a387","locator":"Cross-check of name forms and broad appointment/end years — Year ranges can differ from U.S. accreditation dates; neither exact start nor end dates inferred.","publisher":"","title":"Ambassade de France aux États-Unis — Ambassadeurs","type":"Mission record","url":"https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassade_de_France_aux_%C3%89tats-Unis"}],"topics":["Trade negotiations","European Community","Brazil","Cultural scholarship"]},"schemaVersion":1}