Jules-Louis Breton was a chemist-inventor and a French politician. He was a representative of the French Assembly, and the proponent of the Breton-Pretot machine

Breton-Prétot machine

The Breton-Prétot machine was a wire-cutting armoured vehicle developed in France from November 1914. The vehicle was developed by Mr. Prétot, engineer, and Jules-Louis Breton, representative to the French Assembly.-Background:...

, a wire-cutting armoured vehicle developed in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 from November 1914. The vehicle was developed with M. Pretot, engineer.

During World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 he was France's Undersecretary of State for Inventions. and later founded and directed the National Research and Invention Ministry.

He was also Minister of Hygiene under President Millerand

Alexandre Millerand

Alexandre Millerand was a French socialist politician. He was President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924 and Prime Minister of France 20 January to 23 September 1920...

 in 1920.

He was a Socialist with Anarchist tendencies, and as a Natalist, endeavoured to giving more freedom to women.