Paul Cambon

After ten years of administrative work in France as secretary of préfecture, and then as prefect successively of the départements of Aube (1872), Doubs (1876), Nord (1877–1882), he exchanged into the diplomatic service, being nominated French minister plenipotentiary in Tunis, fulfilling two terms as Resident-General.

[3] Upon the outbreak of the First World War, Cambon helped secure British intervention on the French side.

He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur and became a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

In 2014, he was portrayed in the BBC docu-drama mini series "37 Days" by the French actor François-Éric Gendron.

The mini series depicted behind closed doors story of the events which led to the start of the First World War.