Joseph Caillaux | |
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_-_(photographie_de_presse)_-_(Agence_Rol).jpg) Caillaux in 1925 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 27 June 1911 – 11 January 1912 | |
| President | Armand Fallières |
| Preceded by | Ernest Monis |
| Succeeded by | Raymond Poincaré |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux 30 March 1863 Le Mans, France |
| Died | 22 November 1944 (aged 81) Mamers, France |
| Political party | Radical Party |
Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (French: [ʒozɛf maʁi oɡyst kajo]; 30 March 1863 – 22 November 1944) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition to the military alienated him from conservative elements. He was accused of corruption, but was cleared by a parliamentary commission. This political weakness strengthened the right wing elements in the Radical Party.[1]
- ^ Rudolph Binion, Defeated leaders; the Political Fate of Caillaux, Jouvenel, and Tardieu (1960).