Henri de Peyerimhoff | |
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| Born | Henri Marie Joseph Hercule de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle 19 September 1871 Colmar, Alsace, France |
| Died | 21 July 1953 (aged 81) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Civil servant, industrialist |
Henri de Peyerimhoff (19 September 1871 – 21 July 1953) was a French senior civil servant and then a lobbyist for the coal industry and president of several mining companies. He came from the minor aristocracy of Alsace and was son of a magistrate. At an early age he was made a senior administrator in the Council of State. He became bored with this work, resigned and became head of the colliery owner's association, whose interests he defended against other industries, the unions and the government. He became vice-president of the National Economic Council, and used that position to express his generally conservative views on social and industrial issues. He was in favour of paternalism and industrial cartels, and against state intervention.