Maurice Viollette
Maurice Viollette | |
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Maurice Viollette, 1929 | |
| Born | Maurice Gabriel Viollette 3 September 1870 Janville, France |
| Died | 9 September 1960 (aged 90) Dreux, France |
| Occupation | Politician, legal advocate in France |
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| Position held | senator of the French Third Republic (1930–1939), deputy (1902–1906), deputy (1906–1910), deputy (1910–1914), deputy (1914–1919), deputy (1924–1928), deputy (1928–1930), deputy (1945–1946), deputy (1946–1946), deputy (1946–1951), deputy (1951–1955), Governor of Algeria (1925–1927), mayor (1908–1940), President of the General Council of Eure-et-Loir (1921–1960), mayor (1944–1959), minister of state (1936–1938), minister of state (1938–1938), minister (1917–1917) |
Maurice Gabriel Viollette (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis vjɔlɛt]; 3 September 1870 – 9 September 1960) was a French lawyer, politician and statesman who served in government as Minister of General Supply and Maritime Transport in 1917 amid World War I, a Minister of State from 1936 to 1938 and again in 1938 under the Popular Front, as well as Governor General of Algeria from 1925 to 1927.
For his actions in battle in World War I defending the national territory from the German invasion in Oise as a captain, Viollette was awarded the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. In 1956 he was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour.