Gaston Doumergue

Gaston Doumergue
Portrait of Gaston Doumergue by Henri Manuel
President of the French Republic Co-Prince of Andorra
In office 13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931
Preceded by	Alexandre Millerand
Succeeded by	Paul Doumer
Prime Minister of France
In office 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914
Preceded by	Louis Barthou
Succeeded by	Alexandre Ribot
Prime Minister of France
In office 9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934
Preceded by	Édouard Daladier
Succeeded by	Pierre-Étienne Flandin
Personal details
Born	1 August 1863 Aigues-Vives
Died	18 June 1937(1937-06-18) (aged 73) Aigues-Vives, France
Religion	Protestant

Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ dumɛʁɡ]; Aigues-Vives, Gard, 1 August 1863 – 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician of the Third Republic.

Doumergue came from a Protestant family. Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as Prime Minister from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914. He held the portfolio for the colonies through the ministries of Viviani and Briand until the Ribot ministry of March, 1917, when he was sent to Russia to persuade the Kerensky government not to make a separate peace with Germany and Austria. He was elected the twelfth President of France on 13 June 1924, the only Protestant to hold that office. He served until 13 June 1931, and again was Prime Minister in a conservative national unity government, following the riots of 6 February 1934. This government lasted from 6 February to 8 November 1934.

He was widely regarded as one of the most popular French Presidents, particularly after highly controversial Alexandre Millerand, who was his predecessor. Doumergue was single when elected, and became the first President of France to marry in office.

Doumergue's First Ministry, 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914

• Gaston Doumergue – President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Joseph Noullens – Minister of War
• René Renoult – Minister of the Interior
• Joseph Caillaux – Minister of Finance
• Albert Métin – Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
• Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin – Minister of Justice
• Ernest Monis – Minister of the Marine
• René Viviani – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Maurice Raynaud – Minister of Agriculture
• Albert Lebrun – Minister of Colonies
• Fernand David – Minister of Public Works
• Louis Malvy – Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs

Changes

• 17 March 1914 – René Renoult succeeds Caillaux as Finance Minister. Louis Malvy succeeds Renoult as Minister of the Interior. Raoul Péret succeeds Malvy as Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs.
• 20 March 1914 – Armand Gauthier de l'Aude succeeds Monis as Minister of Marine.

Doumergue's Second Ministry, 9 February – 8 November 1934

• Gaston Doumergue – President of the Council
• Louis Barthou – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Philippe Pétain – Minister of War
• Albert Sarraut – Minister of the Interior
• Louis Germain-Martin – Minister of Finance
• Adrien Marquet – Minister of Labour
• Henri Chéron – Minister of Justice
• François Piétri – Minister of Military Marine
• William Bertrand – Minister of Merchant Marine
• Victor Denain – Minister of Air
• Aimé Berthod – Minister of National Education
• Georges Rivollet – Minister of Pensions
• Henri Queuille – Minister of Agriculture
• Pierre Laval – Minister of Colonies
• Pierre Étienne Flandin – Minister of Public Works
• Louis Marin – Minister of Public Health and Physical Education
• André Mallarmé – Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
• Lucien Lamoureux – Minister of Commerce and Industry
• Édouard Herriot – Minister of State
• André Tardieu – Minister of State

Changes

• 13 October 1934 – Pierre Laval succeeds Barthou (assassinated 9 October) as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Paul Marchandeau succeeds Sarraut as Minister of the Interior. Louis Rollin succeeds Laval as Minister of Colonies.
• 15 October 1934 – Henri Lémery succeeds Chéron as Minister of Justice.

See also

• 6 February 1934 crisis
• List of people on the cover of Time Magazine: 1920s – 21 July 1924, 2 Aug. 1926
• 1927 clip of Gaston Doumergue receiving his honorary degree from Oxford

References

Political offices
Preceded by Albert Decrais	Minister of Colonies 1902–1905	Succeeded by Étienne Clémentel
Preceded by —	Minister of Labour 1906	Succeeded by René Viviani
Preceded by Georges Trouillot	Minister of Commerce and Industry 1906–1908	Succeeded by Jean Cruppi
Preceded by Aristide Briand	Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts 1908–1910	Succeeded by Maurice Faure
Preceded by Louis Barthou	Prime Minister of France 1913–1914	Succeeded by Alexandre Ribot
Preceded by Stéphen Pichon	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1913–1914	Succeeded by Léon Bourgeois
Preceded by René Viviani	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1914	Succeeded by Théophile Delcassé
Preceded by Maurice Raynaud	Minister of Colonies 1914–1917	Succeeded by André Maginot
Preceded by Léon Bourgeois	President of the Senate 1923–1924	Succeeded by Justin de Selves
Preceded by Alexandre Millerand	President of France 1924–1931	Succeeded by Paul Doumer
Preceded by Édouard Daladier	Prime Minister of France 1934	Succeeded by Pierre Étienne Flandin
Regnal titles
Preceded by Alexandre Millerand and Justí Guitart i Vilardebó	Co-Prince of Andorra 1924–1931 with Justí Guitart i Vilardebó	Succeeded by Paul Doumer and Justí Guitart i Vilardebó