Édouard Herriot

Édouard Herriot
Herriot in 1946
Prime Minister of France
In office
3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932
PresidentAlbert Lebrun
Preceded byAndré Tardieu
Succeeded byJoseph Paul-Boncour
In office
20 July 1926 – 23 July 1926
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Preceded byAristide Briand
Succeeded byRaymond Poincaré
In office
15 June 1924 – 17 April 1925
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Preceded byFrédéric François-Marsal
Succeeded byPaul Painlevé
President of the National Assembly
In office
21 January 1947 – 11 January 1954
Preceded byVincent Auriol
Succeeded byAndré Le Troquer
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
4 June 1936 – 10 July 1940
Preceded byFernand Bouisson
Succeeded byFélix Gouin
(as President of the Provisional Consultative Assembly, 1943)
In office
22 April 1925 – 20 July 1926
Preceded byPaul Painlevé
Succeeded byRaoul Péret
Minister of Public Instruction and Beaux-Arts
In office
23 July 1926 – 1 November 1928
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Prime MinisterRaymond Poincaré
Preceded byÉdouard Daladier
Succeeded byPierre Marraud
Mayor of Lyon
In office
18 May 1945 – 26 March 1957
Preceded byJustin Godart
Succeeded byLouis Pradel
In office
3 November 1905 – 20 September 1940
Preceded byVictor Augagneur
Succeeded byGeorges Cohendy
Member of the National Assembly
for Rhône
In office
6 November 1945 – 26 March 1957
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Rhône
In office
20 November 1919 – 31 May 1942
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
3 June 1932 – 14 December 1932
PresidentAlbert Lebrun
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAndré Tardieu
Succeeded byJoseph Paul-Boncour
In office
19 July 1926 – 21 July 1926
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAristide Briand
Succeeded byAristide Briand
In office
14 June 1924 – 10 April 1925
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byEdmond Lefebvre du Prey
Succeeded byAristide Briand
Member of the Senate
In office
7 November 1912 – 23 December 1919
Preceded byÉdouard Millaud
Succeeded byEugène Ruffier
Minister of Public Works
In office
12 December 1916 – 17 March 1917
PresidentRaymond Poincaré
Prime MinisterAristide Briand
Preceded byMarcel Sembat
Succeeded byGeorges Desplas
Personal details
BornÉdouard Marie Herriot
(1872-07-05)5 July 1872
Troyes, France
Died26 March 1957(1957-03-26) (aged 84)
Resting placeLoyasse Cemetery, Lyon
PartyRadical Party
SpouseBlanche Rebatel
EducationLycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure
OccupationHistorian
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Édouard Marie Herriot (French: [edwaʁ ma.ʁi ɛʁjo]; 5 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister (1924–1925; 1926; 1932) and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He led the first Cartel des Gauches. Under the Fourth Republic, he served as President of the National Assembly until 1954. A historian by occupation, Herriot was elected to the Académie Française's eighth seat in 1946. He served as Mayor of Lyon for more than 45 years, from 1905 until his death, except for a brief period from 1940 to 1945, when he saw his movements variously restricted for opposing the Vichy regime.