Ernest Monis
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Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis (born May 23, 1846 in Châteauneuf-sur-Charente , Charente department , † May 25, 1929 in Mondouzil , Haute-Garonne department ) was a French politician and 1911 Prime Minister .
biography
The grandson of an immigrant from Spain and son of the bailiff and two-time mayor (1851-1854 and 1869-1870) of Châteauneuf-sur-Charente, Antoine Monis, studied law in Poitiers after attending school and settled down after completing his studies settled down as a lawyer in Cognac in 1868 at the age of 22 . In 1879 he founded a law firm in Bordeaux .
He began his political career soon afterwards, in 1871, when he was elected a member of the Cognac City Council. On October 18, 1885 he was elected as a representative of the Gironde department to the National Assembly and belonged to this as a radical republican (Républicain radical) until November 11, 1889. Two years later, in 1891, he was elected Senator as representative of the Gironde department and held this mandate for 29 years until 1920.
On June 22, 1899 he was appointed Minister of Justice in his cabinet by Prime Minister Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau and was a member of this until the end of Waldeck-Rousseau's tenure on June 7, 1902. During his tenure, the Law on Associations (Loi sur les Associations), the so-called law of July 1, 1901 , introduced a general freedom of association, which is still the basis of French association law today. In addition, during his tenure as Minister of Justice, women were also admitted to the legal profession.
Between 1907 and 1919 he was President of the Gironde General Council and in 1910 Vice-President of the Senate.
On March 2, 1911, he succeeded Aristide Briand himself as Prime Minister (Président du Conseil des Ministres) and at the same time took over the office of Interior Minister.
On May 20, 1911, there was a tragic accident when Monis, together with Minister of War Maurice Berteaux , wanted to open the Paris-Madrid flight competition (Course aérienne Paris-Madrid 1911) sponsored by the Journal Le Petit Parisien on the airfield of Issy-les-Moulineaux . The crash of one of the planes caused the grandstand to collapse, leading to a complicated fracture of a leg of Prime Minister Monis and the death of Minister of War Bertaux the following day. For these health reasons, he resigned on June 27, 1911 and was replaced by his finance minister Joseph Caillaux .
On December 13, 1913, Prime Minister Gaston Doumergue appointed him Minister of the Navy in his first cabinet, to which he was a member until March 20, 1914.
After leaving the Senate, Monis became completely impoverished and had to earn his living as a simple lawyer. In addition, he was elected in 1925 as a member of the city council of Châteauneuf-sur-Charente. This led to the fact that Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré presented his situation to the National Assembly in February 1927, which Monis then granted a lifelong, annual honorary pension of 24,000 francs .
swell
- Homepage of the National Assembly
- Senate homepage
- Short biography on the homepage of Châteauneuf-sur-Charente
- Governments of the 3rd French Republic
Individual evidence
- ^ A b rulers.org: French ministries since 1870
- ↑ "M. MONIS IS CHOSEN AS FRENCH PREMIER; Regarded as Practically Certain That He Will Succeed in Forming Ministry", New York Times March 2, 1911
- ↑ "AIRSHIP KILLS WAR MINISTER; PREMIER HURT; Plunges Among French Cabinet Party at Start of Paris to Madrid Air Race", NEW YORK TIMES May 22, 1911
- ^ "FRANCE: Poor Monis", TIME MAGAZINE February 14, 1927
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Aristide Briand |
Prime Minister of France March 2, 1911 - June 27, 1911 |
Joseph Caillaux |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monis, Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monis, Antoine Emmanuel Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Châteauneuf-sur-Charente , Charente department |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1929 |
| Place of death | Mondouzil , Haute-Garonne department |