Joseph Avenol

Joseph Avenol
Avenol in 1932
Secretary-General of the League of Nations
In office 3 July 1933 – 31 August 1940
Deputy	Frank Walters
Preceded by	Eric Drummond
Succeeded by	Seán Lester
Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations
In office 1 February 1923 – 1 July 1933
Secretary-General	Eric Drummond
Preceded by	Jean Monnet
Succeeded by	Pablo de Azcárate
Personal details
Born	Joseph Louis Anne Marie Charles Avenol (1879-06-09)9 June 1879 Melle, Deux-Sèvres, French Third Republic
Died	2 September 1952(1952-09-02) (aged 73) Duillier, Switzerland
Nationality	French
Profession	Banker

Joseph Louis Anne Marie Charles Avenol (French: [ʒɔzɛf lwi an avnɔl]; 9 June 1879 – 2 September 1952) was a French diplomat. He served as the second Secretary General of the League of Nations from 3 July 1933 to 31 August 1940. He was preceded by Sir Eric Drummond of the United Kingdom, who was general secretary between 1920 and 1933. He was succeeded by the Irish diplomat Seán Lester, who was general secretary between 1940 and 1946, when the League dissolved.^[1]