Maxime Weygand

Maxime Weygand, born in Brussels on January 21, 1867, is a French general officer, member of the French Academy.
Marshal Foch's right-hand man at the end of the Great War, he was commissioned, on November 11, 1918, to read the conditions of the armistice in Rethondes to the German delegation. Appointed High Commissioner of France to the Levant in 1924, he was a passive actor in the coup d'etat of 25 May 1925. In 1930, he was appointed to the post of Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces replacing the retired General Marie- Eugene Debeney.Category:French figures