Lucien Romier was a French journalist and politician.

After studying at the École des Chartes, where he wrote a thesis on Jacques d'Albon de Saint-André

Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre

Jacques d'Albon, Seigneur de Saint Andre was a French soldier and favorite of Henry II of France. He was made marshal of France, governor of Lyonnais and ambassador in England. He served with great bravery against the emperor Charles V in 1552...

, he was a member of the French School in Rome.
He made a career in journalism and was editor of the newspaper Le Figaro

Le Figaro

Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...

from 1925 to 1927 and from 1934 to 1942.
Personal friend of Pétain, he was minister of State in Laval's fourth Ministry from 18 April 1942 to 31 December 1943.