Auguste Champetier de Ribes

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Auguste Champetier de Ribes

Auguste Champetier de Ribes (born July 30, 1882 in Antony , † March 6, 1947 in Paris ) was a French lawyer and politician .

As a devout Catholic, he joined the movement of Albert de Mun early on. After his participation in the First World War he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Christian Democratic Parti démocrate populaire (PDP) for the Basses-Pyrénées department , to which he belonged from 1924 to 1934. He was a member of the Senate from 1934 to 1940 and was a minister under André Tardieu , Édouard Daladier , Paul Reynaud and Pierre Laval .

de Ribes was one of the 80 parliamentarians who voted against the establishment of the Vichy regime on July 10, 1940 . After the capitulation of France, he joined the Resistance . After the war, Charles de Gaulle commissioned him to take part in the Nuremberg trial as a representative of France .

After the trial was over, he was elected President of the Senate because of his seniority . He took part in the 1947 presidential election as a candidate for the MRP . For health reasons, it was no longer possible for him to resume his office as Senate President.

Publications (selection)

  • Éloge de Pouillet: Discours . Alcan-Lévy, Paris 1909 (French).
  • La situation financière. Stabilization ou revalorization? Conference donnée à Nancy . without year (French).
  • L'Office national des combattants. Ses ayants droit. Son fonctionnement. Ses avantages. Honoré d'une souscription ou ministère des Pensions et de l'office national des combattants . (Ed.). Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, Paris 1930 (French).

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personal data
SURNAME Champetier de Ribes, Auguste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Champetier de Ribes, Jean Jules Marie Auguste (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Antony
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1947
Place of death Paris