Jean-Baptiste Abel

Jean-Baptiste Abel (1914)

Jean-Baptiste Eugène Abel (born January 12, 1863 in Toulon , † September 30, 1921 there ) was a French politician. The long-standing parliamentarian during the time of the Third French Republic briefly held the office of Minister of Labor and was appointed Governor General of Algeria in 1919.

After studying law, he settled as a lawyer in his native Toulon . His political career began in 1891 when he was elected to the General Council of Var . There he became vice president of the council in 1893. In the same year he narrowly prevailed against his competitors in the elections for the French Chamber of Deputies and thus won a seat in the French parliament. After he was not elected in the subsequent elections to the National Assembly, he was appointed advisor to the higher courts of Riom and Nîmes .

Abel returned to the Chamber of Deputies in 1910, was re-elected in May 1914 and held the office of Vice President from 1915 to 1919. In the brief reign of Prime Minister Alexandre Ribot from June 9 to 13, 1914, Abel was made head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. Georges Clemenceau appointed Abel Governor General of Algeria in July 1919. Abel held the post even after successful re-election to the Chamber of Deputies in November 1919 until shortly before his death.

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• Jean Jolly (ed.): Dictionnaire des Parlamentaires Français, Notices Biographiques sur les Ministres, Sénateurs et Députés Français de 1889 à 1940 . Paris 1960.