Albert Sarraut
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Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic
.
Sarraut was born in Bordeaux
, Gironde, France.
He was Governor-General of French Indochina
, from 1912 to 1919.
Sarraut retired from politics after Pétain
dissolved the National Assembly in July 1940. He took control of the family newspaper, La Dépêche de Toulouse, after the editor, his brother Maurice, was killed by the Milice
in 1943.
Sarraut died in Paris in 1962.
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
.
Sarraut was born in Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, Gironde, France.
He was Governor-General of French Indochina
French Indochina
French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
, from 1912 to 1919.
Sarraut retired from politics after Pétain
Philippe Pétain
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain , generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944...
dissolved the National Assembly in July 1940. He took control of the family newspaper, La Dépêche de Toulouse, after the editor, his brother Maurice, was killed by the Milice
Milice
The Milice française , generally called simply Milice, was a paramilitary force created on January 30, 1943 by the Vichy Regime, with German aid, to help fight the French Resistance. The Milice's formal leader was Prime Minister Pierre Laval, though its chief of operations, and actual leader, was...
in 1943.
Sarraut died in Paris in 1962.
Sarraut's First Ministry, 26 October – 26 November 1933
- Albert Sarraut – President of the Council and Minister of Marine
- Albert Dalimier – Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice
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– Minister of Budget - Eugène Frot – Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
- Jacques Stern – Minister of Merchant Marine
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– Minister of National Education - Hippolyte Ducos – Minister of Pensions
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– Minister of Colonies - Joseph Paganon – Minister of Public Works
- Émile Lisbonne – Minister of Public Health
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– Minister of Commerce and Industry
Sarraut's Second Ministry, 24 January – 4 June 1936
- Albert Sarraut – President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
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– Minister of Foreign Affairs - Louis Maurin – Minister of War
- Marcel Régnier – Minister of Finance
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– Minister of Labour - Léon BérardLéon BérardLéon Bérard was a French politician and lawyer.He was Minister of Public Instruction in 1919 and from 1921 to 1924, and Minister of Justice from 1931 to 1932 and was elected to the Académie française in 1934.Bérard was the Ambassador from Vichy France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1945.-Léon Bérard...
– Minister of Justice - François PiétriFrançois PiétriFrançois Piétri was a minister in several governments in the later years of the French Third Republic and was French ambassador to Spain from 1940 to 1944 under the Vichy regime....
– Minister of Marine - Louis de Chappedelaine – Minister of Merchant Marine
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– Minister of Air - Henri Guernut – Minister of National Education
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– Minister of Pensions - Paul Thellier – Minister of Agriculture
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– Minister of Public Works - Louis Nicolle – Minister of Public Health and Physical Education
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– Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones - Georges BonnetGeorges BonnetNot to be confused with the French Socialist Georges MonnetGeorges-Étienne Bonnet was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party.- Early career :...
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– Minister of State and Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations