François-Poncet was imprisoned for three years. In 1949, he was named French high commissioner to West Germany, a position which was later elevated to ambassador. François-Poncet served in this capacity until 1955. He was later vice president and president of the French Red Cross. In 1952, he was elected to the Académie française, taking the seat previously occupied by Marshal Philippe Petain. Occasionally contributing to the French newspaper Le Figaro, François-Poncet wrote numerous books, several based on his experience as French ambassador to Germany in the 1930s and reflecting his lifelong interest in Germany. At least one of his works, Souvenirs d'une ambassade à Berlin, published in France in 1946, was translated to English as The Fateful Years: Memoirs of a French Ambassador in Berlin, 1931–1938 in 1949. André François-Poncet was the father of Jean François-Poncet, also a French politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. References External links Article on François-Poncet by the Académie française 1887 births 1978 deaths People from Provins Politicians from Île-de-France Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Democratic and Social Action politicians Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Ambassadors of France to Germany Ambassadors of France to West Germany Ambassadors of France to Italy 20th-century French diplomats French memoirists French male non-fiction writers Members of the Académie Française French Army officers Sciences Po alumni French military personnel of World War I World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Burials at the Cemetery of Notre-Dame, Versailles 20th-century French journalists 20th-century memoirists 20th-century French male writers