Louis Thibon


Louis Thibon was prefect during the French Third Republic.

Personal life and education

Louis Thibon or Louis Charles Thibon or Charles, Louis Thibon was born on 16 April 1866 in Vienne, Isère and died on 23 October 1940 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.
He was licencié en droit.
When he was chef de cabinet of Jean Antoine Blanc, prefect of Landes he married his daughter Marie Andrée Blanc on 4 October 1893 in Mont-de-Marsan.

Career

On the occasion of the Colonial Exposition in Marseille in 1922 Thibon became commandeur of the Légion d’honneur.
The first Armenian refugees in Marseille received some help. For instance, the prefect’s wife Marie-Andrée Thibon née Blanc created an association for the refugees coming from Smyrna and originating from French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon.
But 10,885 Armenian refugees reached in Marseille from August to December 1923.
Also in 1923, Thibon lamented about Armenian refugees in Marseille, the “continual arrival of these orientals”.

Honours and awards

Chevalier , officier , commandeur of Légion d’honneur.