Overview
Raymond de Geouffre de La Pradelle de Leyrat (November 22, 1910 – July 19, 2002) was a French lawyer.
Biography
Family
His name comes from a village located in the commune of Rignac in Aveyron. Born to Albert Geouffre de La Pradelle and Thérèse Paul-Toinet, he married Hélène Boudet de Castelli (b. 1915) on October 11, 1934. Together, Hélène and Raymond had three children: Géraud, Arnaud, and Marie-Ange. After getting divorced from Castelli, he married Éliane Puech on June 12, 1972.
Formation
He studied at the Lycée Buffon and the École Tannenberg in Paris. He became a graduate of the Free School of Political Science in diplomacy and became secretary of the Italo-Ethiopian Commission of 1928. Later, in 1935, a member of the Conference of Lawyers In 1938, he became the organization's secretary general, and in 1951, vice-president. From 1956 to 1960, de Geouffre was a member of the French division of the International Law Association. He acted as the general secretary of the International Juridical Air Committee from 1952 to 1955, and later a member of the France-Egypt Association in 1965.
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