andr tardieu

Andr Tardieu (September 22, 1876 at Paris, France - 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 Lgion 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.

Tardieu's First Ministry, 3 November 1929 - 21 February 1930

Andr Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Interior
Aristide Briand - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Andr Maginot - Minister of War
Henri Chron - 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
Franois Pitri - Minister of Colonies
Georges Pernot - Minister of Public Works
Louis Germain-Martin - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
Pierre tienne Flandin - Minister of Commerce and Industry

Changes

Andr Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Paul Reynaud - Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice
Franois Pitri - Minister of National Defense
Albert Mahieu - Minister of the Interior
Pierre tienne 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