Albert Thomas (politician, 1878)

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Undated portrait of Albert Thomas

Albert Thomas (born June 16, 1878 in Champigny-sur-Marne , † May 7, 1932 in Paris ) was a French socialist politician . He was Minister of Armaments for several months during the First World War . After the First World War he became director of the International Labor Office (IAA) in Geneva.

Life

Thomas's family came from a petty bourgeois background. Thomas was trained at the École normal supérieure in Paris. From 1905 he belonged to the top management of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière . In 1910 he became a member of the French Chamber of Deputies . Thomas was a representative of the reformist wing of the Socialist Party. he worked for the socialist daily L'Humanité . He was also mayor of his hometown during his political career.

When the First World War broke out, he advocated the Union sacrée , which saw domestic unity as the key to victory. From December 1916 to September 1917 he served as Minister of Armaments. During his tenure, arms production increased further. Thomas combined this as far as possible with social reforms in favor of the employees. In September 1917, when the government under Alexandre Ribot was overthrown, Thomas resigned from his office and was sidelined within the party, which increasingly refused to participate in government. After the war, Albert Thomas became the founding director of the International Labor Organization of the League of Nations .

Works

  • Three years of service and the French economy. Munich 1913
  • Economic peace !. Newspaper article in the Hamburg Correspondents Hamburg 1928
  • Politique sociale internationale. Geneva 1947

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German Werth. In: Gerhard Hirschfeld, Gerd Krumeich, Irina Renz (eds.): Encyclopedia First World War. 2nd edition, Paderborn, 2014, p. 921.
  2. ^ Albert Thomas: The three-year service and the French economy . In: March, a weekly journal . 7th year, issue 39. März-Verlag, Munich September 27, 1913, p. 435-439 .
  3. ^ Albert Thomas: Economic Peace! In: Hamburg Correspondent . Hamburg May 31, 1928.
  4. ^ Albert Thomas: Politique sociale internationale . Bureau international du travail, Genève 1947.
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Champigny-sur-Marne
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1932
Place of death Paris