Paul Reynaud | |
|---|---|
 Paul Reynaud (1940) | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 21 March 1940 – 16 June 1940 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Deputy | Philippe Pétain |
| Preceded by | Édouard Daladier |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Pétain |
| Deputy Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 28 June 1953 – 12 June 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Joseph Laniel |
| Preceded by | Henri Queuille |
| Succeeded by | Guy Mollet |
| In office 20 February 1932 – 10 May 1932 | |
| Prime Minister | André Tardieu |
| Preceded by | Lucien Hubert |
| Succeeded by | Albert Dalimier |
| Minister responsible for Relations with Partner States and the Far East | |
| In office 2 July 1950 – 4 July 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Henri Queuille |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jean Letourneau |
| Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs | |
| In office 26 July 1948 – 28 August 1948 | |
| Prime Minister | André Marie |
| Preceded by | René Mayer |
| Succeeded by | Christian Pineau |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Édouard Daladier |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Pétain |
| In office 21 March 1940 – 18 May 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Édouard Daladier |
| Succeeded by | Édouard Daladier |
| Minister of National Defence and War | |
| In office 18 May 1940 – 16 June 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Édouard Daladier |
| Succeeded by | Maxime Weygand |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1 November 1938 – 21 March 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Daladier |
| Preceded by | Paul Marchandeau |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Lamoureux |
| In office 2 March 1930 – 4 December 1930 | |
| Prime Minister | André Tardieu |
| Preceded by | Charles Dumont |
| Succeeded by | Louis Germain-Martin |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 12 April 1938 – 1 November 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Daladier |
| Preceded by | Marc Rucart |
| Succeeded by | Paul Marchandeau |
| In office 20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932 | |
| Prime Minister | André Tardieu |
| Preceded by | Léon Bérard |
| Succeeded by | René Renoult |
| Minister of the Colonies | |
| In office 27 February 1931 – 6 February 1932 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Laval |
| Preceded by | Théodore Steeg |
| Succeeded by | Louis de Chappedelaine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean Paul Reynaud 15 October 1878 Barcelonnette, Basses-Alpes, France |
| Died | 21 September 1966 (aged 87) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | Democratic Republican Alliance (1901–1949) National Centre of Independents and Peasants (1949–1966) |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Henri-Robert (1912–1949) Christiane Mabire (1949–1966) |
| Children | Colette Serge Evelyne Alexandre |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris |
Paul Reynaud (French: [pɔl ʁɛno]; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Nazi Germany.
Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of September 1938, when France and the United Kingdom gave way before Hitler's proposals for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.[1] After the outbreak of World War II, Reynaud became the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic in March 1940. He was also vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right party. Reynaud was Prime Minister during the German defeat of France in May and June 1940; he persistently refused to support an armistice with Germany and unsuccessfully attempted to save France from German occupation in World War II,[2] and resigned on 16 June.
After unsuccessfully attempting to flee France, he was arrested by Philippe Pétain's administration. Surrendering to German custody in 1942, he was imprisoned in Germany and later Austria until liberation in 1945, where he was released after the Battle of Itter Castle in which one of the leaders, German Major Josef Gangl, declared a hero by the Austrian resistance, took a sniper's bullet to save Reynaud.[3][4][5][6][7]
Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1946, he became a prominent figure again in French political life, serving in several cabinet positions. He favoured a United States of Europe, and participated in drafting the constitution for the Fifth Republic, but resigned from government in 1962 after disagreement with President de Gaulle over changes to the electoral system.
- ^ SÉVILLIA, JEAN, Histoire Passionnée de la France, Perrin, 2013, p. 416
- ^ Paul Reynaud | premier of France | Britannica
- ^ Koop, Volker (2010). In Hitlers Hand: die Sonder- und Ehrenhäftlinge der SS (in German). Böhlau. ISBN 9783412205805.
- ^ Harding 2013, p. 150.
- ^ Roberts, Andrew (12 May 2013). "World War II's Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ Harding 2013, p. 169.
- ^ "Sepp Gangl-Straße in Wörgl • Strassensuche.at". Strassensuche.at.