Joseph Paul-Boncour
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| 71st Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 18 December 1932 – 31 January 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Édouard Herriot |
| Succeeded by | Édouard Daladier |
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| Born | 4 August 1873 |
| Died | 28 March 1972 (aged 98) |
| Political party | PRS |
Augustin Alfred Joseph Paul-Boncour (French pronunciation: [ʒɔzɛf pɔl bɔ̃kuʁ]; 4 August 1873 – 28 March 1972) was a French politician and diplomat of the Third Republic. He was a member of the Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) and served as Prime Minister of France from December 1932 – January 1933. He also served in a number of other government positions during the 1930s. Additionally, he served as a Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations in 1936, during his tenure as Minister of State.
Born in Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher, Paul-Boncour received a law degree from the University of Paris and became active in the labor movement, organizing the legal council of the Bourses du Travail (workers' associations). He was private secretary to Premier Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau from 1898 to 1902. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a Radical in 1909, he held his seat until 1914, briefly serving as Minister of Labour from March to June 1911. After serving in the military during World War I, he returned to the French National Assembly.
Turning to Socialism, he joined the SFIO in 1916, but resigned in 1931 to join the Republican-Socialist Party (PRS), which in 1935 merged with the French Socialist Party (PSF) and the Socialist Party of France-Jean Jaurès Union PSdF) to form the Socialist Republican Union (USR). Also in 1931, Paul-Boncour was elected to the Senate, and served in that capacity until the establishment of the Vichy régime in 1940 (during World War II).
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