Francois georges picot biography definition

French diplomat who signed Sykes-Picot Agreement during World War I

François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (French pronunciation:[fʁɑ̃swaʒɔʁʒpiko]; 21 December 1870 – 20 June 1951) was a French diplomat and lawyer who negotiated the Sykes–Picot Agreement with the British diplomat Sir Mark Sykes between November 1915 and March 1916 before its signing on May 16, 1916.

It was a secret deal which proposed that – when the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire began after a then theoretical victory of the Triple Entente – Britain and France, and later Russia and Italy, would divide up the Arab territories between them.

Family

Georges-Picot was the son of historianGeorges Picot and grand-uncle of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

Francois georges picot biography definition

He married Marie Fouquet in Paris on 11 May 1897. They had three children: Jean Georges-Picot (b. Paris, 26 February 1898), Élisabeth Georges-Picot (1901–1906) and Sibylle Georges-Picot. His great-niece Olga Georges-Picot appeared in t