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Andr� Tardieu (September 22, 1876 in Paris – September 15, 1945 at Menton) was three-time Prime Minister of France (November 3, 1929 - February 17, 1930; March 2 - December 4, 1930; February 20 - May 10, 1932) and a dominant figure of French political life from 1929-1932.

He served in the L�gion d'honneur during World War I, and served as Georges Clemenceau's lieutenant during the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 and as Commissioner for Franco-American War Cooperation. He was minister of the liberated regions of Alsace and Lorraine after the war.

Though generally considered a conservative, on becoming prime minister in 1929, he introduced a program of welfare measures, including public works, social insurance, and free secondary schooling, as well as encouraging modern techniques in industry. His later political activity was largely concerned with containing and responding to German expansion. By falsifying through omission of the word 'danger' a news item from Germany in 1914, he precipitated the mobilization of the French armed forces, thus rendering the war inevitable.

In his two volumed book La R�volution � refaire Tardieu denounces the French parliamentary system.

Bibliography

Some of the books he wrote include:

• La France et les alliances (1908);
• La Paix (1921; The Truth About the Treaty);
• Devant l'obstacle (1927; France and America); and
• La R�volution � refaire, 2 volumes (1936–37).

Tardieu's First Ministry, 3 November 1929 - 21 February 1930

• Andr� Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Interior
• Aristide Briand - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Andr� Maginot - Minister of War
• Henri Ch�ron - Minister of Finance
• Louis Loucheur - Minister of Labour, Hygiene, Welfare Work, and Social Security Provisions
• Lucien Hubert - Minister of Justice
• Georges Leygues - Minister of Marine
• Louis Rollin - Minister of Merchant Marine
• Laurent Eynac - Minister of Air
• Pierre Marraud - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Claudius Gallet - Minister of Pensions
• Jean Hennessy - Minister of Agriculture
• Fran�ois Pi�tri - Minister of Colonies
• Georges Pernot - Minister of Public Works
• Louis Germain-Martin - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
• Pierre �tienne Flandin - Minister of Commerce and Industry

Tardieu's Second Government, 2 March - 13 December 1930

• Andr� Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
• Aristide Briand - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Andr� Maginot - Minister of War
• Paul Reynaud - Minister of Finance
• Louis Germain-Martin - Minister of Budget
• Pierre Laval - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
• Raoul P�ret - Minister of Justice
• Jacques-Louis Dumesnil - Minister of Marine
• Louis Rollin - Minister of Merchant Marine
• Laurent Eynac - Minister of Air
• Pierre Marraud - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Auguste Champetier de Ribes - Minister of Pensions
• Fernand David - Minister of Agriculture
• Fran�ois Pi�tri - Minister of Colonies
• Georges Pernot - Minister of Public Works
• D�sir� Ferry - Minister of Public Health
• Andr� Mallarm� - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
• Pierre �tienne Flandin - Minister of Commerce and Industry

Changes

• 17 November 1930 - Henri Ch�ron succeeds P�ret as Minister of Justice.

Tardieu's Third Ministry, 20 February - 3 June 1932

• Andr� Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Paul Reynaud - Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice
• Fran�ois Pi�tri - Minister of National Defense
• Albert Mahieu - Minister of the Interior
• Pierre �tienne Flandin - Minister of Finance
• Pierre Laval - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
• Charles Guernier - Minister of Public Works and Merchant Marine
• Mario Roustan - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Auguste Champetier de Ribes - Minister of Pensions and Liberated Regions
• Claude Chauveau - Minister of Agriculture
• Louis de Chappedelaine - Minister of Colonies
• Camille Blaisot - Minister of Public Health
• Louis Rollin - Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones

See also

• The Truth About The Treaty, written 1921, to defend the French negotiators from claims that they had been too lenient on the Germans.

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