Joseph Paul-Boncour

Joseph Paul-Boncour


104th Prime Minister of France
In office 18 December 1932 – 31 January 1933
Preceded by	Édouard Herriot
Succeeded by	Édouard Daladier
Personal details
Born	4 August 1873
Died	28 March 1972(1972-03-28) (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 Permeanent Delegate to the League of Nations in 1936, during his tenure as Minister of State.

Career

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).

During his time as a Senator, Paul-Boncour served in a variety of cabinet and diplomatic posts. He was the Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations from 1932 to 1936, Minister of War in 1932, Premier from December 1932 to January 1933, and Foreign Minister on three separate occasions (December 1932 to January 1934, January to June 1936, and March 1938).

Paul-Boncour was opposed to the formation of the Vichy government, and recommended continuing the fight against Nazi Germany after the fall of France, from Algiers. As a member of the Consultative Assembly from 1944, he led the French delegation to the United Nations conference in San Francisco and signed the United Nations Charter on behalf of France. He once again served as a senator from 1946 to 1948.

He died in Paris in 28 March 1972 at the age of 98.

Paul-Boncour's Ministry, 18 December 1932 – 31 January 1933

Joseph Paul-Boncour – President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Édouard Daladier – Minister of War
Camille Chautemps – Minister of the Interior
Henri Chéron – Minister of Finance
Albert Dalimier – Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
Abel Gardey – Minister of Justice
Georges Leygues – Minister of Marine
Léon Meyer – Minister of Merchant Marine
Paul Painlevé – Minister of Air
Anatole de Monzie – Minister of National Education
Edmond Miellet – Minister of Pensions
Henri Queuille – Minister of Agriculture
Albert Sarraut – Minister of Colonies
Georges Bonnet – Minister of Public Works
Charles Daniélou – Minister of Public Health
Laurent Eynac – Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
Julien Durand – Minister of Commerce and Industry

List of positions held

Political offices
Preceded by Louis Lafferre	Minister of Labour and Social Security 1911	Succeeded by René Renoult
Preceded by François Piétri	Minister of War 1932	Succeeded by Édouard Daladier
Preceded by Édouard Herriot	President of the Council 1932–1933	Succeeded by Édouard Daladier
Preceded by Édouard Herriot	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1932–1934	Succeeded by Édouard Daladier
Preceded by Jean Fabry	Minister of National Defense and War 1934	Succeeded by Philippe Pétain
Preceded by Yvon Delbos	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1938	Succeeded by Georges Bonnet
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by –	Minister of State, Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations 1936	Succeeded by –

Heads of government of France (list)

Restoration	Talleyrand Richelieu Dessolles Decazes Richelieu Villèle Martignac Polignac

July Monarchy	V. de Broglie Laffitte Perier Soult Gérard Maret Mortier V. de Broglie Thiers Molé Soult Thiers Soult Guizot Molé

Second Republic	Dupont de l'Eure Arago Cavaignac Barrot Hautpoul Faucher

Second Empire	Ollivier Cousin-Montauban

Interregnum	Trochu

Third Republic	Dufaure A. de Broglie Cissey Buffet Dufaure Simon A. de Broglie Rochebouët Dufaure Waddington Freycinet Ferry Gambetta Freycinet Duclerc Fallières Ferry Brisson Freycinet Goblet Rouvier Floquet Tirard Freycinet Loubet Ribot Dupuy Casimir-Perier Dupuy Ribot Bourgeois Méline Brisson Dupuy Waldeck-Rousseau Combes Rouvier Sarrien Clemenceau Briand Monis Caillaux Poincaré Briand Barthou Doumergue Ribot Viviani Briand Ribot Painlevé Clemenceau Millerand Leygues Briand Poincaré François-Marsal Herriot Painlevé Briand Herriot Poincaré Briand Tardieu Chautemps Tardieu Steeg Laval Tardieu Herriot Paul-Boncour Daladier Sarraut Chautemps Daladier Doumergue Flandin Bouisson Laval Sarraut Blum Chautemps Blum Daladier Reynaud Pétain

Vichy France	Pétain Laval Flandin Darlan Laval

Provisional Government	de Gaulle Gouin Bidault Blum

Fourth Republic	Ramadier Schuman Marie Schuman Queuille Bidault Queuille Pleven Queuille Pleven Faure Pinay Mayer Laniel Mendès France Faure Mollet Bourgès-Maunoury Gaillard Pflimlin de Gaulle

Fifth Republic	de Gaulle Debré Pompidou Couve de Murville Chaban-Delmas Messmer Chirac Barre Mauroy Fabius Chirac Rocard Cresson Bérégovoy Balladur Juppé Jospin Raffarin Villepin Fillon Ayrault Valls Cazeneuve

Foreign Ministers of France

Ancien Régime	Revol Villeroy A. J. Richelieu Sillery R. Phélypeaux Bouthillier Chavigny Brienne Lionne Pomponne Croissy Torcy Huxelles Dubois Morville Chauvelin Chaillou Noailles Argenson Puisieulx Saint-Contest Rouillé Bernis E. Choiseul C. Choiseul E. Choiseul L. Phélypeaux Aiguillon Bertin Vergennes Montmorin Vauguyon Montmorin Lessart Dumouriez Naillac Chambonas Dubouchage Sainte-Croix Lebrun

First Republic	Lebrun Deforgues Goujon Herman Delacroix Talleyrand Reinhard Talleyrand

First Empire	Talleyrand Champagny Bassano Caulaincourt

First Restoration	Laforest Talleyrand

Hundred Days	Caulaincourt Bignon

Second Restoration	Talleyrand A. E. Richelieu Dessolles Pasquier M. Montmorency Chateaubriand Damas La Ferronays Montmorency-Laval Portalis Polignac Mortemart

July Monarchy	Bignon Jourdan Molé Maison Sébastiani V. Broglie Rigny Bresson Rigny V. Broglie Thiers Molé Montebello Soult Thiers Guizot

Second Republic	Lamartine Bastide Bedeau Bastide Drouyn de Lhuys Tocqueville Rayneval La Hitte Drouyn de Lhuys Brénier Baroche Turgot Drouyn de Lhuys

Second Empire	Drouyn de Lhuys Walewski Baroche Thouvenel Drouyn de Lhuys La Valette Moustier La Valette La Tour Auvergne Daru Ollivier Gramont La Tour d'Auvergne

Third Republic	Favre Rémusat A. Broglie Decazes Banneville Waddington Freycinet Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire Gambetta Freycinet Duclerc Fallières Challemel-Lacour Ferry Freycinet Flourens Goblet Spuller Ribot Develle Casimir-Perier Hanotaux Berthelot Bourgeois Hanotaux Delcassé Rouvier Bourgeois Pichon Cruppi Selves Poincaré Jonnart Pichon Doumergue Bourgeois Viviani Doumergue Delcassé Viviani Briand Ribot Barthou Pichon Millerand Leygues Briand Poincaré Lefebvre Herriot Briand Herriot Briand Laval Tardieu Herriot Paul-Boncour Daladier Barthou Laval Flandin Delbos Paul-Boncour Bonnet Daladier Reynaud Daladier Reynaud Baudouin

Vichy France	Baudouin Laval Flandin Darlan Laval

Provisional Government	Bidault Blum

Fourth Republic	Bidault Schuman Bidault Mendès France Faure Pinay Pineau Pleven Couve de Murville

Fifth Republic	Couve de Murville Debré Schumann Bettencourt Jobert Sauvagnargues Guiringaud François-Poncet Cheysson Dumas Raimond Dumas Juppé Charette Védrine Villepin Barnier Douste-Blazy Kouchner Alliot-Marie Juppé Fabius Ayrault

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 7515538 LCCN: n89606469 ISNI: 0000 0001 0867 3005 GND: 116061383 SUDOC: 030419468 BNF: cb12813830w (data)

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