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Ludovic-Oscar Frossard | |
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 Frossard c. 1929 | |
| Minister of Public Works and Information | |
| In office 16 June – 10 July 1940 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | Philippe Pétain |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| In office 5 June – 16 June 1940 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | Paul Reynaud |
| Preceded by | Anatole de Monzie |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Schwartz |
| In office 10 April – 23 August 1938 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Daladier |
| Preceded by | Jules Moch |
| Succeeded by | Anatole de Monzie |
| Minister of Information[a] | |
| In office 21 March – 5 June 1940 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | Paul Reynaud Philippe Pétain |
| Preceded by | Jean Giraudoux |
| Succeeded by | Jean Prouvost |
| In office 13 March – 8 April 1938 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | Léon Blum |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position vacated |
| Minister of State | |
| In office 18 January – 10 March 1938 Serving with Georges Bonnet | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | Camille Chautemps |
| Preceded by | Albert Sarraut Maurice Viollette Paul Faure |
| Succeeded by | Théodore Steeg Maurice Viollette Paul Faure |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 1 June 1935 – 4 June 1936 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Paul Jacquier |
| Succeeded by | Paul Ramadier |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office c. April 1928 – c. May 1936 | |
| Secretary-General of the French Communist Party[b] | |
| In office 1920–1922 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Semard |
| Secretary-General of the SFIO | |
| In office October 1918 – 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Dubreuilh |
| Succeeded by | Paul Faure |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Foussemagne, Territoire de Belfort, France |
| Died | 11 February 1946 (aged 56) Paris, France |
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| Children | André |
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard (French pronunciation: [lydɔvik ɔskaʁ fʁɔsaʁ]; 5 March 1889 – 11 February 1946), also known as L.-O. Frossard or Oscar Frossard, was a French socialist and communist politician. He was a founding member in 1905 and Secretary-General of the French Socialist Party (SFIO) from 1918 to 1920, as well as a founding member and Secretary-General of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1920 to 1922.
On 1 January 1923 Frossard resigned his positions and left the Communist movement over political differences. Frossard briefly attempted to establish an independent Communist political organization before returning to the ranks of the SFIO, gaining election to parliament under that party's banner in 1928, 1932, and 1936.
From 1935 until 1940 Frossard held a series of ministerial positions in successive governments of Pierre Laval, Albert Sarraut, Camille Chautemps, Léon Blum, Édouard Daladier, Paul Reynaud, and the first government of Philippe Pétain. Following the armistice between France and Nazi Germany, Frossard declined to participate in the Vichy French government headed by Pétain, but continued to work as a journalist. His position led to his investigation, trial, and acquittal over accusations of collaborationism following the fall of the Pétain regime.
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