Charles Reibel | |
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| Minister of the Liberated Regions | |
| In office 15 January 1922 – 29 March 1924 | |
| Prime Minister | Raymond Poincaré |
| Preceded by | Louis Loucheur |
| Succeeded by | Louis Marin (politician) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1882 Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France |
| Died | 26 June 1966 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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Charles Reibel (29 December 1882 – 26 June 1966) was a French lawyer and politician who was a deputy from 1919 to 1935 and senator from 1936 to 1944. He was Minister of the Liberated Regions from 1922 to 1924, responsible for efforts to restore the area of northern France that had been devastated by the trench warfare of World War I (1914–18). He was against appeasement of Germany before the start of World War II (1939–45) and in favor of stronger defenses and greater armament. However, after the collapse of resistance when Germany invaded France in 1940 he became convinced of the necessity for an armistice to prevent France from again being devastated, and supported the formation of the Vichy government under Marshal Philippe Pétain.