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Camille Chautemps (February 1, 1885 in Paris – July 1, 1963 in Washington, D.C., U.S.) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council (Prime Minister).

Career

Chautemps entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919. Between 1924 and 1926, he served in the center-left coalition governments of Édouard Herriot, Paul Painlevé and Aristide Briand, and became President of the Council briefly in 1930. Again in center-left governments in 1932-1934, he served as Interior Minister, and became Prime Minister again in November 1933. He resigned his posts in January 1934 as a result of the Stavisky Affair.

In Léon Blum's Popular Front government of 1936, Chautemps was a Minister of State, and then succeeded Blum at the head of the government from June 1937 to March 1938.

Pursuing the program of the Popular Front, he proceeded to nationalize the railroads and create the SNCF. He resigned shortly before the Anschluss, and served from April 1938 to 1940 as Vice-President of the Council in the governments of Édouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud, and after the fall of France, was one of those urging the conclusion of an armistice. He continued as Vice-Premier under Philippe Pétain, but quit after a few weeks.

In November 1940, he left for Washington, D.C., and chose to remain there until 1944, when he returned to French North Africa. After World War II, he split his life between Paris and Washington, where his family resided.

Chautemps's First Ministry, 21 February - 2 March 1930

Chautemps's Second Ministry, 26 November 1933 - 30 January 1934

Changes

Chautemps's Third Ministry, 22 June 1937 - 18 January 1938

Chautemps's Fourth Ministry, 18 January - 13 March 1938

1885 births | 1963 deaths | French World War II people | Prime Ministers of France

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