Théodore Steeg
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Théodore Steeg was a French politician of the Third Republic
, deputy of the Seine
from 1906 to 1914 and senator
of the same department from 1914 to 1940.
He was also former governor general of Algeria (1921-1925) and then resident general of Morocco
(1925-1929). President of the Council (and simultaneously Minister of Colonies) of a conservative majority from 13 December 1930 to 27 January 1931, he held over his career a number of important ministerial offices, including Minister of Interior during World War I
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French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
, deputy of the Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
from 1906 to 1914 and senator
French Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.The Senate enjoys less prominence than the lower house, the directly elected National Assembly; debates in the Senate tend to be less tense and generally enjoy less media coverage.-History:France's first...
of the same department from 1914 to 1940.
He was also former governor general of Algeria (1921-1925) and then resident general of Morocco
Colonial heads of French Morocco
List of Colonial Heads of French Morocco...
(1925-1929). President of the Council (and simultaneously Minister of Colonies) of a conservative majority from 13 December 1930 to 27 January 1931, he held over his career a number of important ministerial offices, including Minister of Interior 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...
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's government (14 January 1912 - 21 January 1913) - Minister of Public Instruction and Beaux-Arts in Aristide BriandAristide BriandAristide Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life :...
's third and fourth cabinets (21 January - 21 March 1913) - Minister of Public Instruction and Beaux-Arts in Alexandre RibotAlexandre RibotAlexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.-Biography:He was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais.After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where he was lauréat of the faculty of law, he rapidly made his mark at the bar...
's fifth cabinet (20 March - 1 September 1917) - Minister of Interior in Paul PainlevéPaul PainlevéPaul Painlevé was a French mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925.-Early life:Painlevé was born in Paris....
's cabinet (1 September - 16 November 1917). - Minister of Interior in Alexandre MillerandAlexandre MillerandAlexandre 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...
's first and second cabinet & also in Georges LeyguesGeorges LeyguesGeorges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.He was born...
's cabinet(20 January 1920 - 16 January 1921) - Minister of JusticeMinister of Justice (France)The Ministry of Justice is controlled by the French Minister of Justice , a top-level cabinet position in the French government. The current Minister of Justice is Michel Mercier...
in Painlevé's second cabinet (17 April - 10 October 1925) - Minister of Justice in Camille ChautempsCamille ChautempsCamille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919...
's government (21 February - 1 March 1930) - Minister of Colonies in his own cabinet (13 December 1930 - 27 January 1931)
- Minister of Colonies in Camille Chautemps's cabinet (18 January - 13 March 1938)
Steeg's Government, 13 December 1930 - 27 January 1931
- Théodore Steeg - President of the Council and Minister of Colonies
- Aristide BriandAristide BriandAristide Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life :...
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Louis BarthouLouis BarthouJean Louis Barthou was a French politician of the Third Republic.-Early years:He was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and served as Deputy from that constituency. He was an authority on trade union history and law. Barthou was Prime Minister in 1913, and held ministerial office...
- Minister of War - Georges LeyguesGeorges LeyguesGeorges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.He was born...
- Minister of the Interior - Louis Germain-MartinLouis Germain-MartinLouis Germain-Martin was an Independent Radical French politician. He was Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the government of André Tardieu, and later a Budget Minister, before serving three times as Finance minister for much of the first half of the 1930's....
- Minister of Finance - Louis LoucheurLouis LoucheurLouis Loucheur was a French politician in the Third Republic, at first a member of the conservative Republican Federation, then of the Democratic Republican Alliance and of the Independent Radicals.-Life:Coming from a background in the arms industry, Loucheur became Minister of Munitions in...
- Minister of National Economy, Commerce, and Industry - Maurice PalmadeMaurice PalmadeMaurice Palmade was a French politician. He belonged to the Radical Party. Before World War II, he had been a Member of Parliament. He has been 3 times the Budget minister of France....
- Minister of Budget - Édouard GrindaÉdouard GrindaÉdouard Joseph Auguste Grinda . A native of Nice, who also died in Nice, he was a French politician best known for his report, The Grinda Report of 1923 and as architect of France's medical insurance law of 1928....
- Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions - Henri Chéron - Minister of Justice
- Albert SarrautAlbert SarrautAlbert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....
- Minister of Military Marine - Charles Daniélou - Minister of Merchant Marine
- Paul PainlevéPaul PainlevéPaul Painlevé was a French mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925.-Early life:Painlevé was born in Paris....
- Minister of Air - Camille ChautempsCamille ChautempsCamille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919...
- Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts - Robert Thoumyre - Minister of Pensions
- Victor Boret - Minister of Agriculture
- Édouard DaladierÉdouard DaladierÉdouard Daladier was a French Radical politician and the Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.-Career:Daladier was born in Carpentras, Vaucluse. Later, he would become known to many as "the bull of Vaucluse" because of his thick neck and large shoulders and determined...
- Minister of Public Works - Henri QueuilleHenri QueuilleHenri Queuille was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister.He was the son of a noblewoman.-First ministry :...
- Minister of Public Health - Georges BonnetGeorges BonnetNot to be confused with the French Socialist Georges MonnetGeorges-Étienne Bonnet was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party.- Early career :...
- Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
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- 23 December 1930 - Maurice Dormann succeeds Thoumyre as Minister of Pensions.