Aristide Briand

Aristide Briand
Briand c. 1920s
Prime Minister of France
In office
29 July 1929 – 22 October 1929
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Preceded byRaymond Poincaré
Succeeded byAndré Tardieu
In office
28 November 1925 – 17 July 1926
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Preceded byPaul Painlevé
Succeeded byÉdouard Herriot
In office
16 January 1921 – 12 January 1922
PresidentAlexandre Millerand
Preceded byGeorges Leygues
Succeeded byRaymond Poincaré
In office
29 October 1915 – 17 March 1917
PresidentRaymond Poincaré
Preceded byRené Viviani
Succeeded byAlexandre Ribot
In office
21 January 1913 – 18 March 1913
PresidentArmand Fallières
Preceded byRaymond Poincaré
Succeeded byLouis Barthou
In office
24 July 1909 – 27 February 1911
PresidentArmand Fallières
Preceded byGeorges Clemenceau
Succeeded byErnest Monis
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
23 July 1926 – 12 January 1932
Prime MinisterRaymond Poincaré
André Tardieu
Camille Chautemps
Théodore Steeg
Pierre Laval
Preceded byÉdouard Herriot
Succeeded byPierre Laval
Minister of Justice
In office
24 August 1914 – 29 October 1915
Prime MinisterRené Viviani
Preceded byJean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin
Succeeded byRené Viviani
In office
14 January 1912 – 21 January 1913
Prime MinisterRaymond Poincaré
Preceded byJean Cruppi
Succeeded byLouis Barthou
In office
4 July 1908 – 24 July 1908
Prime MinisterGeorges Clemenceau
Preceded byEdmond Guyot-Dessaigne
Succeeded byLouis Barthou
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
27 April 1902 – 7 March 1932
ConstituencyLoire (1902–09)
Loire-Inférieure (1909–32)
Personal details
Born
Aristide Pierre Henri Briand

(1862-03-28)28 March 1862
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
Died7 March 1932(1932-03-07) (aged 69)
Paris, France
Political partyFrench Socialist Party
(1902–1904)
Independent Socialists
(1904–1911)
Republican-Socialist Party
(1911–1932)
EducationUniversity of Paris

Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (French: [aʁistid pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi bʁijɑ̃]; 28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic. He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues and reconciliation politics during the interwar period (1918–1939).

In 1926, he received the Nobel Peace Prize along with German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann for the realization of the Locarno Treaties, which aimed at reconciliation between France and Germany after the First World War.[1][2] To avoid another worldwide conflict, he was instrumental in the agreement known as the Kellogg–Briand Pact of 1928, as well to establish a "European Union" in 1929.[3] However, all his efforts were compromised by the rise of nationalistic and revanchist ideas like Nazism and fascism following the Great Depression.

  1. ^ Lundestad, Geir (15 March 2001). "The Nobel Peace Prize, 1901–2000". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1926". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. ^ Leboutte, René (2008). Histoire économique et sociale de la construction européenne (in French). Peter Lang. p. 33.