Tertullien Guilbaud (May 22, 1856 – 1937) was a lawyer, diplomat, and poet from Haiti.
Guilbaud was borh in Port-de-Paix on May 22, 1856.[1][2] Guilbaud worked as a professor at the Lycee Phillippe-Guerrier and opened a law school in 1894.[2] In 1896, he became Chief of the Cabinet of President Tirésias Simon Sam.[2]
As the envoy to Paris for Haiti, Guilbaud signed in place of the President of Haiti for the peace treaty that led to the formal end of World War I.[3] While at the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles he was forced by the United States government to reject a clause banning racial discrimination in the League of Nations.[4] Guilbaud was an honored delegate of the first Pan-African Congress.[5] He also served as Minister of Public Education under the administration of President Sténio Vincent.[1]
Guilbaud wrote patriotic poetry, which was included in Anthologie d’un Siécle de Poésie Haitienne edited by Louis Morpeau.[6][7] Guilbaud died in 1937.[1]
