List of participants to Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920

The Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920 gathered over 30 nations at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, to shape the future after World War I. The Russian SFSR was not invited to attend, having already concluded a peace treaty with the Central Powers in the spring of 1918. The Central Powers - Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire - were not allowed to attend the conference until after the details of all the peace treaties had been elaborated and agreed upon. The main result of the conference was the Treaty of Versailles with Germany.

Map of the World with the Participants in World War I. The Allies are depicted in green, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey.

Signing delegations

The main delegations, with their secretaries and interpreters, in a painting by Herbert Arnould Olivier.

This list shows all nations and delegations who signed the Treaty of Versailles. All plenipotentiaries signed the treaty, except where indicated otherwise.[1]

StatePlenipotentiariesNotes
 AustraliaBilly Hughes
Joseph Cook
 BoliviaIsmael Montes
 BelgiumPaul Hymans
Jules Van den Heuvel
Emile Vandervelde
 BrazilJoao Pandia Calogera
Alogeras Rodrigo Octavio
 CanadaRobert Borden[lower-alpha 1]
Charles Doherty
Arthur Sifton
Signed under 'British Empire'. Prime Minister Borden fought successfully for Canada to have its own seat at the Conference, which the British and Americans eventually relented too, opening the doors to allowing Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and South Africa to send representatives as well. Borden also insisted that he be included among those leaders to sign the Treaty of Versailles; however, it was agreed that Canada would sign under the British Empire.
 ChinaLou Tseng-Tsiang[lower-alpha 1]
Wellington Koo[lower-alpha 1]
Cao Rulin[lower-alpha 1]
At the time of the Paris Peace Conference there were two governments claiming to be the legitimate government of China: the Beiyang Government in Beijing, and Dr Sun Yat-sen's Guangzhou based Kuomintang (KMT) movement. However, they worked together to create the united diplomatic team that would plead China's case in Paris.
 CubaAntonio Sanchez de Bustamante
 CzechoslovakiaKarel Kramar
Edvard Beneš
 EcuadorEnrique Darn y de Alsua
 FranceGeorges Clemenceau
Stephen Pichon
Louis-Lucien Klotz
André Tardieu
Jules Cambon
 GermanyHermann Müller
Johannes Bell
Germany were excluded from the negotiations, but Hermann Müller and Johannes Bell, as government ministers in the new Weimar Republic, signed the treaty as representatives of Germany on 29 June 1919.
 GreeceEleftherios Venizelos
Nicolas Politis
 GuatemalaJoaquín Méndez
 HaitiTertullien Guilbaud
 HejazRustem Haioar
Abdul Hadi Aouni
Later absorbed into Saudi Arabia.
 HondurasPolicarpo Bonilla
IndiaEdwin Samuel Montagu
Ganga Singh
 ItalyVittorio Emanuele Orlando[lower-alpha 1]
Sidney Sonnino
Guglielmo Imperiali
Silvio Crespi
 JapanSaionji Kinmochi
Makino Nobuaki
Chinda Sutemi
Matsui Keishirō
Matsui Keishirō
 LiberiaCharles D. B. King
 New ZealandWilliam Ferguson Massey
 NicaraguaSalvador Chamorro
 PanamaAntonio Burgos
 PeruCarlos Candamo
 PolandIgnacy Jan Paderewski
Roman Dmowski
 PortugalAfonso Costa
Augusto Soares
 RomaniaIon I. C. Brătianu
Constantin Coandă
 Serbs, Croats and SlovenesNikola Pašić
Ante Trumbić
Milenko Radomar Vesnić
Slobodan Jovanović[lower-alpha 1]
Miodrag Ibrovac[lower-alpha 1]
Later Kingdom of Yugoslavia
SiamCharoonsakdi Kritakara
Traidos Prabandhu
 South AfricaJan Smuts
Louis Botha
 United KingdomDavid Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
Arthur James Balfour
George Nicoll Barnes
 United StatesWoodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing
Henry White
Tasker H. Bliss
See also American Commission to Negotiate Peace.
 UruguayJuan Antonio Buero
  1. Non-signatory

Other national representatives

Delegation from the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan in Hôtel Claridge during the Paris Peace Conference.

Despite not signing the treaties, other delegations were sent to the Paris Peace Conferences, some uninvited, in order to represent their national interests.

NationRepresentativesNotes
Arab delegationFaisal
Lawrence of Arabia
Faisal, later King of Iraq, advocated for an independent Arab state. T.E. Lawrence acted as the delegation's translator.[2][3]
First Republic of ArmeniaAvetis Aharonyan
Hamo Ohanjanyan
Armen Garo
Democratic Republic of AzerbaijanAlimardan Topchubashev
Belarusian Democratic RepublicAnton ŁuckievičAttempted to gain international recognition of the independence of Belarus.
 EstoniaJaan Poska
Nikolai Köstner
Jaan Tõnisson
Ants Piip
Karl Robert Pusta
Mihkel Martna
Eduard Laaman
Joakim Puhk
Attempted to gain recognition of the independence of Estonia.[4][5]
Democratic Republic of GeorgiaNikolay Chkheidze
Irakli Tsereteli
Zurab Avalishvili
Irish RepublicSeán T. O'KellyThe unrecognized Irish Republic sent representatives in hope the republic declared at the Easter Rising in 1916 would be recognised, but they were ignored.[6][7]
 LatviaAttempted to gain recognition of the independence of Latvia.[4][8]
 LithuaniaAugustinas Voldemaras
Antanas Smetona
Attempted to gain recognition of the independence of Lithuania.[4][9]
 MontenegroNicholas I of MontenegroThe unification of Serbia and Montenegro on 18th Novem-ber 1918 was contested by the exiled king of Montenegro. Despite Italian support, Montenegro was denied an official seat at the Peace Conferences, and the unification of Serbia and Montenegro was recognised.[10]
 NewfoundlandWilliam F. Lloyd[11]
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
Korean Provisional GovernmentKim Kyu-sikRepresenting the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, in-exile in China.[12]
 RussiaSergey SazonovThe Allied Powers refused to recognise the Bolshevik government of Russia, and instead invited representatives of the Russian Provincial Council (chaired by Prince Lvov), the successor to the Russian Constituent Assembly and the political arm of the Russian White movement.[13][14]
 San MarinoM. Bucquet[15]
 TongaSālote Tupou III
Ukrainian People's Republic
 VietnamHo Chi MinhHo Chi Minh petitioned the conference, seeking self determination and independence for the Vietnamese people.[16][17]

Non-national representatives

Inter-Allied Women's Conference.

Other non-national or pan-national delegations were in Paris, hoping to petition the allies on issues relating to their causes.

GroupMajor PeopleNotes
1st Pan-African CongressW. E. B. Du Bois
Ida Gibbs
Held in February 1919 in order to petition the allies on African issues.
Inter-Allied Women's ConferenceMarguerite de Witt-SchlumbergerConvened and met from 10 February to 10 April 1919.
Zionists117 Zionist representativeness attended the conference, lobbying for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.

Oversights

The Principality of Andorra was not invited to attend, due to an 'oversight'. The issue of Andorra being at war was eventually resolved on September 24, 1958, when a peace treaty was signed.[18]

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