Charles Emile Etienne Dumont | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Charles_Dumont_1928.jpg) Dumont in 1928 | |
| Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs | |
| In office 2 March 1911 – 27 June 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Puech |
| Succeeded by | Victor Augagneur |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 22 March 1913 – 2 December 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Louis-Lucien Klotz |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Caillaux |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Chéron |
| Succeeded by | Paul Reynaud |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Sarraut |
| Succeeded by | Georges Leygues |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1867 Ajaccio, Corsica, France |
| Died | 22 April 1939 (aged 71) Meulan, Seine-et-Oise, France |
| Occupation | Politician |
Charles Emile Etienne Dumont (31 August 1867 – 22 April 1939) was a left-leaning French politician who was Minister of Public Works in 1911 and Minister of Finance in 1913. The "Dumont Resolution" passed by the Chamber of Deputies in 1917 called for security after World War I (1914–18) to be based on the armed forces of France and her allies, and also for the establishment of a society of nations. Dumont was again Minister of Finance in 1930, and was Minister of the Navy in 1931–32. He initiated construction of the battleship Dunkerque as part of a naval expansion program. Dumont came from a family of peasant winemakers from the Jura, and did much to promote development of that region as president of the Jura Departmental Council from 1921 to 1939.