Gaston Doumergue

Gaston Doumergue
Doumergue in 1924, as the Grand Master of the Legion of Honour
President of France
In office
13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931
Prime Minister
Preceded by Alexandre Millerand
Succeeded by Paul Doumer
Co-Prince of Andorra
In office
13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931
Served with Justí Guitart i Vilardebó
Preceded by Alexandre Millerand
Succeeded by Paul Doumer
60th Prime Minister of France
In office
9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934
President Albert François Lebrun
Preceded by Édouard Daladier
Succeeded by Pierre-Étienne Flandin
In office
9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914
President Raymond Poincaré
Preceded by Louis Barthou
Succeeded by Alexandre Ribot
Personal details
Born Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue
1 August 1863
Aigues-Vives, France
Died 18 June 1937 (aged 73)
Aigues-Vives, France
Political party Radical Party
Alma mater University of Paris
Doumergue, taken c. 1910–1915

Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue (French pronunciation: ​[ɡastɔ̃ dumɛʁɡ]; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard – 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician of the Third Republic.

Doumergue came from a Protestant family and was a freemason.[1][2][3] Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as President of the Council (prime minister) from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914. He held the portfolio for the colonies through the ministries of Viviani and Briand until the Ribot ministry of March, 1917, when he was sent to Russia to persuade the Kerensky government not to make a separate peace with Germany and Austria. He was elected the thirteenth President of France on 13 June 1924, the only Protestant to hold that office. He served until 13 June 1931, and again was Prime Minister in a conservative national unity government, following the riots of 6 February 1934. This government lasted from 6 February to 8 November 1934.

He was widely regarded as one of the most popular French Presidents, particularly after highly controversial Alexandre Millerand, who was his predecessor. Doumergue was single when elected, and became the first President of France to marry in office.[4]

Doumergue's First Ministry, 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914

Changes

Doumergue's Second Ministry, 9 February – 8 November 1934

Changes

  • 13 October 1934 – Pierre Laval succeeds Barthou (assassinated 9 October) as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Paul Marchandeau succeeds Sarraut as Minister of the Interior. Louis Rollin succeeds Laval as Minister of Colonies.
  • 15 October 1934 – Henri Lémery succeeds Chéron as Minister of Justice.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dictionnaire universelle de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Marc de Jode, Monique Cara and Jean-Marc Cara, ed. Larousse , 2011)
  2. ↑ Dictionnaire de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Daniel Ligou, Presses Universitaires de France, 2006)
  3. ↑ Ce que la France doit aux francs-maçons (Laurent KUPFERMAN,Emmanuel PIERRA, ed. Grund, 2012)
  4. ↑ Sciolino, Elaine (3 February 2008). "French Leader and Ex-Model Wed in Quiet Ceremony". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Albert Decrais		 Minister of Colonies
1902–1905		 Succeeded by
Étienne Clémentel
Preceded by
—		 Minister of Labour
1906		 Succeeded by
René Viviani
Preceded by
Georges Trouillot		 Minister of Commerce and Industry
1906–1908		 Succeeded by
Jean Cruppi
Preceded by
Aristide Briand		 Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
1908–1910		 Succeeded by
Maurice Faure
Preceded by
Louis Barthou		 Prime Minister of France
1913–1914		 Succeeded by
Alexandre Ribot
Preceded by
Stéphen Pichon		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
1913–1914		 Succeeded by
Léon Bourgeois
Preceded by
René Viviani		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
1914		 Succeeded by
Théophile Delcassé
Preceded by
Maurice Raynaud		 Minister of Colonies
1914–1917		 Succeeded by
André Maginot
Preceded by
Léon Bourgeois		 President of the Senate
1923–1924		 Succeeded by
Justin de Selves
Preceded by
Alexandre Millerand		 President of France
1924–1931		 Succeeded by
Paul Doumer
Preceded by
Édouard Daladier		 Prime Minister of France
1934		 Succeeded by
Pierre Étienne Flandin
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Alexandre Millerand and Justí Guitart i Vilardebó		 Co-Prince of Andorra
1924–1931
with Justí Guitart i Vilardebó		 Succeeded by
Paul Doumer and Justí Guitart i Vilardebó
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