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Augustin Alfred Joseph Paul-Boncour (4 August 1873 - 28 March 1972) was a French politician of the Third Republic
French Third Republic

The French Third Republic was the political regime of France between the Second French Empire and the Vichy France. It was a republican parliamentary democracy that was created on 4 September 1870 following the collapse of the Empire of Napoleon III of France in the Franco-Prussian War....
.

in Saint-Aignan
Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher

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, Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher

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, Paul-Boncour received a law degree from the University of Paris
University of Paris

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 and became active in the labor movement, organizing the legal council of the Bourses du Travail (workers' associations
Trade union

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). He was private secretary to Premier Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau from 1898 to 1902. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies

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 as a Radical in 1909, he held his seat until 1914, briefly serving as Minister of Labour in 1911.






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Augustin Alfred Joseph Paul-Boncour (4 August 1873 - 28 March 1972) was a French politician of the Third Republic
French Third Republic

The French Third Republic was the political regime of France between the Second French Empire and the Vichy France. It was a republican parliamentary democracy that was created on 4 September 1870 following the collapse of the Empire of Napoleon III of France in the Franco-Prussian War....
.

Career

Born in Saint-Aignan
Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher

Saint-Aignan is a Communes of France in the Loir-et-Cher Departments of France of central France....
, Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher is a departments of France in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher River....
, Paul-Boncour received a law degree from the University of Paris
University of Paris

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the 12th century. In 1970 it was reorganized as 13 autonomous university . The university is often referred to as the Sorbonne or La Sorbonne after the collegiate institution founded about 1257 by Robert de Sorbon....
 and became active in the labor movement, organizing the legal council of the Bourses du Travail (workers' associations
Trade union

A trade union or labor union is an organization run by and for workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours, and working conditions....
). He was private secretary to Premier Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau from 1898 to 1902. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature....
 as a Radical in 1909, he held his seat until 1914, briefly serving as Minister of Labour in 1911. After serving in the military during World War I
World War I

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, he returned to the French National Assembly
French National Assembly

The France National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the French Fifth Republic. The other is the French Senate ....
.

Turning to Socialism
Socialism

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, he joined the SFIO in 1916, but resigned in 1931 to found the independent group Union Socialiste Républicaine, which soon merged with the Parti Démocratique Républicain to form the Parti Démocratique Républicain et Social
Democratic Republican Alliance

The Democratic Republican Alliance was a History of France created in 1901 by followers of L?on Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincar? who would be president of the Council in the 1920s....
 (PDRS). Also in 1931, Paul-Boncour was elected to the Senate
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, and served in that capacity until the establishment of the Vichy régime
Vichy France

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 in 1940 (during World War II
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).

During his time as a Senator, Paul-Boncour served in a variety of cabinent and diplomatic posts. He was the Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations
League of Nations

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 from 1932 to 1936, Minister of War in 1932, Premier from December 1932 to January 1933, and Foreign Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of France, is the French government ministers responsible for the foreign relations of France....
 on three separate occasions (December 1932 to January 1934, January to June 1936, and March 1938).

Paul-Boncour was opposed to the formation of the Vichy government
The Vichy 80

The Vichy 80 refers to a minority group of France elected parliamentarians who, on July 10, 1940, voted against the constitutional change that dissolved the French Third Republic and established the Nazi Germany puppet state of Vichy France....
, and recommended continuing the fight against Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany

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 after the fall of France, from Algiers
Algiers

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. As a member of the Consultative Assembly from 1944, he led the French delegation to the United Nations conference
Treaty of San Francisco

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 in San Francisco and signed the United Nations Charter
United Nations Charter

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 on behalf of France. He once again served as a senator from 1946 to 1948.

He died in Paris
Paris

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Paul-Boncour's Ministry, 18 December 1932 - 31 January 1933

  • Joseph Paul-Boncour - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Édouard Daladier
    Édouard Daladier

    ?douard Daladier was a France Radical-Socialist Party politician, and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War....
     - Minister of War
  • Camille Chautemps
    Camille Chautemps

    Camille Chautemps was a France Radical Party politician of the French Third Republic, three times Prime Minister of France ....
     - Minister of the Interior
  • Henri Chéron - Minister of Finance
  • Albert Dalimier - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
  • Abel Gardey
    Abel Gardey

    Abel Gardey was a French politician. In 1933, he has been the french Minister of Budget....
     - Minister of Justice
  • Georges Leygues
    Georges Leygues

    Georges Leygues was a France politician of the French Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line....
     - Minister of Marine
  • Léon Meyer - Minister of Merchant Marine
  • Paul Painlevé
    Paul Painlevé

    Paul Painlev? was a France mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of France of the French Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925....
     - Minister of Air
  • Anatole de Monzie
    Anatole de Monzie

    Anatole de Monzie was a France Administrator of the Government, encyclopaedist , political figure and scholar. His father was a tax collector in Bazas where Anatole - a name he disliked from an early age - was born in 1876....
     - Minister of National Education
  • Edmond Miellet - Minister of Pensions
  • Henri Queuille
    Henri Queuille

    Henri Queuille was a France Radical-Socialist Party politician prominent in the French Third Republic and French Fourth Republic Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister of France....
     - Minister of Agriculture
  • Albert Sarraut
    Albert Sarraut

    Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a France Radical Party politician, twice List of Prime Ministers of France during the French Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France....
     - Minister of Colonies
  • Georges Bonnet
    Georges Bonnet

    Georges-?tienne Bonnet was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party....
     - Minister of Public Works
  • Charles Daniélou - Minister of Public Health
  • Laurent Eynac
    Laurent Eynac

    Laurent Eynac was a France politician who was appointed Minister of Transportation on 7 June 1935 until 24 January 1936.He was born in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, Haute-Loire....
     - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
  • Julien Durand - Minister of Commerce and Industry