Jules Develle

Jules Develle

Jules Paul Develle (born August 12, 1845 in Bar-le-Duc , Département Meuse , † October 30, 1919 in Paris ) was a French politician during the Third Republic .

Jules Develle, brother of Edmond Develles , went to Paris as a lawyer after studying in his native Bar-le-Duc and embarked on a political career when he became Jules Grévy's secretary . In 1872 he took over the post of sub-prefect in Louviers , four years later he became prefect in the Aube department . 1877 dismissed by the government of May 16 1877 by this office, he ran in October of the same year successfully for the seat of arrondissement Louviers in the Chamber of Deputies and was until 1898 when the next election is always a seat (from 1885 for the department of Meuse ) .

As a supporter of the Republican left in the Chamber, Develle was appointed Undersecretary of State in the Interior Ministry on February 18, 1879, but was dismissed on March 4, 1879. After his re-election to the Chamber of Deputies, between 1882 and 1893, characteristic of the Third Republic, he held changing posts in various brief governments. Most of the time in government he headed the Ministry of Agriculture and took a protectionist course. In 1893 Develle was foreign minister in two governments.

In the elections to the Chamber of Deputies on May 8 and 22, 1898, Develle could not prevail against Henry Ferrette , lost his seat in parliament and became an advisor at the Paris Court of Appeal . In 1910 he was again a member of parliament when he was given a seat in the Senate , which was primarily devoted to questions of agriculture.

literature

• Adolphe Robert, Gaston Cougny (eds.): Dictionnaire des parlementaires français 1789-1889 . Bourleton, Paris 1889
• Jean Jolly (ed.): Dictionnaire des Parlamentaires Français, Notices Biographiques sur les Ministres, Sénateurs et Députés Français de 1889 à 1940 . Paris 1960.