André Tardieu
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André Tardieu (September 22, 1876 in Paris – September 15, 1945 at Menton) was three-time Prime Minister of France (November 3, 1929 - February 17, 1930; March 2 - December 4, 1930; February 20 - May 10, 1932) and a dominant figure of French political life from 1929-1932.
He served in the Légion d'honneur during World War I, and served as Georges Clemenceau's lieutenant during the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 and as Commissioner for Franco-American War Cooperation. He was minister of the liberated regions of Alsace and Lorraine after the war.
Though generally considered a conservative, on becoming prime minister in 1929, he introduced a program of welfare measures, including public works, social insurance, and free secondary schooling, as well as encouraging modern techniques in industry. His later political activity was largely concerned with containing and responding to German expansion. By falsifying through omission of the word 'danger' a news item from Germany in 1914, he precipitated the mobilization of the French armed forces, thus rendering the war inevitable.
In his two volumed book La Révolution à refaire Tardieu denounces the French parliamentary system.
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Some of the books he wrote include:
- La France et les alliances (1908);
- La Paix (1921; The Truth About the Treaty);
- Devant l'obstacle (1927; France and America); and
- La Révolution à refaire, 2 volumes (1936–37).
[edit] Tardieu's First Ministry, 3 November 1929 - 21 February 1930
- André Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Interior
- Aristide Briand - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- André Maginot - Minister of War
- Henri Chéron - Minister of Finance
- Louis Loucheur - Minister of Labour, Hygiene, Welfare Work, and Social Security Provisions
- Lucien Hubert - Minister of Justice
- Georges Leygues - Minister of Marine
- Louis Rollin - Minister of Merchant Marine
- Laurent Eynac - Minister of Air
- Pierre Marraud - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
- Claudius Gallet - Minister of Pensions
- Jean Hennessy - Minister of Agriculture
- François Piétri - Minister of Colonies
- Georges Pernot - Minister of Public Works
- Louis Germain-Martin - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
- Pierre Étienne Flandin - Minister of Commerce and Industry
[edit] Tardieu's Second Government, 2 March - 13 December 1930
- André Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
- Aristide Briand - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- André Maginot - Minister of War
- Paul Reynaud - Minister of Finance
- Louis Germain-Martin - Minister of Budget
- Pierre Laval - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
- Raoul Péret - Minister of Justice
- Jacques-Louis Dumesnil - Minister of Marine
- Louis Rollin - Minister of Merchant Marine
- Laurent Eynac - Minister of Air
- Pierre Marraud - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
- Auguste Champetier de Ribes - Minister of Pensions
- Fernand David - Minister of Agriculture
- François Piétri - Minister of Colonies
- Georges Pernot - Minister of Public Works
- Désiré Ferry - Minister of Public Health
- André Mallarmé - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
- Pierre Étienne Flandin - Minister of Commerce and Industry
Changes
- 17 November 1930 - Henri Chéron succeeds Péret as Minister of Justice.
[edit] Tardieu's Third Ministry, 20 February - 3 June 1932
- André Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Paul Reynaud - Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice
- François Piétri - Minister of National Defense
- Albert Mahieu - Minister of the Interior
- Pierre Étienne Flandin - Minister of Finance
- Pierre Laval - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
- Charles Guernier - Minister of Public Works and Merchant Marine
- Mario Roustan - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
- Auguste Champetier de Ribes - Minister of Pensions and Liberated Regions
- Claude Chauveau - Minister of Agriculture
- Louis de Chappedelaine - Minister of Colonies
- Camille Blaisot - Minister of Public Health
- Louis Rollin - Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
[edit] See also
- The Truth About The Treaty, written 1921, to defend the French negotiators from claims that they had been too lenient on the Germans.
| Preceded by: Albert Lebrun |
Minister of Liberated Regions 1919–1920 |
Succeeded by: Émile Ogier |
| Preceded by: Orly André-Hesse |
Minister of Public Works 1926–1928 |
Succeeded by: Pierre Forgeot |
| Preceded by: Albert Sarraut |
Minister of the Interior 1928–1930 |
Succeeded by: Camille Chautemps |
| Preceded by: Aristide Briand |
Prime Minister of France 1929–1930 |
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| Preceded by: Camille Chautemps |
Prime Minister of France 1930 |
Succeeded by: Théodore Steeg |
| Minister of the Interior 1930 |
Succeeded by: Georges Leygues |
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| Preceded by: Victor Boret |
Minister of Agriculture 1931–1932 |
Succeeded by: Achille Fould |
| Preceded by: André Maginot |
Minister of War 1932 |
Succeeded by: François Piétri |
| Preceded by: Pierre Laval |
Prime Minister of France 1932 |
Succeeded by: Édouard Herriot |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs 1932 |
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| Preceded by: — |
Minister of State 1934 |
Succeeded by: Louis Marin |
