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).
literature
- Georges [sic!] Champetier de Ribes , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 23/1947 of May 26, 1947, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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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 |