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French politician and lawyer (1878-1966)

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Jean Paul Reynaud (1878–1966) was a French politician, lawyer, journalist, and jurist. Born in Barcelonnette, he was educated at the University of Paris and HEC Paris. Reynaud held several high-ranking government positions, including Prime Minister of France, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, and member of the French National Assembly. He was a member of the Democratic Republican Alliance and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

During World War I, Reynaud participated in the conflict. He was later detained in the Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen concentration camps. He received the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour. Reynaud died in Neuilly-sur-Seine and is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. His archives are held at the Archives nationales.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1878
Died
1966
Works
44

Top works

  • Le destin hésite
  • Auditions recueillies par la Commission d'enquête parlementaire sur les évènements politiques, économiques, diplomatiques et militaires survenus en France de 1933 à 1945
  • Letter from Paul Reynaud to Marshall Petain, written from his prison in April 1941
  • Jeunesse, quelle France veux-tu?
  • Présentation du gouvernement

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1964-02-22

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
44
Total plays
96

Tags

dream poppop

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Key facts

President
Albert Lebrun
Deputy
Philippe Pétain
Preceded by
Édouard Daladier
Succeeded by
Philippe Pétain
Prime minister
Joseph Laniel
Born
Jean Paul Reynaud , ( 1878-10-15 ) 15 October 1878, Barcelonnette , Basses-Alpes, France
Died
21 September 1966 (1966-09-21) (aged 87), Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
Party
Democratic Republican Alliance , (1901–1949) , National Centre of Independents and Peasants , (1949–1966)
Spouse s
Jeanne Henri-Robert, (1912–1949) , Christiane Mabire, (1949–1966)
Alma mater
HEC Paris

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Reynaud ( French: [pɔl ʁɛno]; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany.

Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of September 1938, when France and the United Kingdom gave way before Hitler's proposals for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. After the outbreak of World War II, Reynaud became the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic in March 1940. He was also vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right party. Reynaud was Prime Minister during the German defeat of France in May and June 1940; he persistently refused to support an armistice with Germany and unsuccessfully attempted to save France from German occupation in World War II, and resigned on 16 June.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Reynaud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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