Léon Martinaud-Déplat

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Martinaud-Déplat

Léon Martinaud-Déplat (born August 9, 1899 in Lyon , † October 5, 1969 in Paris ) was a French politician and lawyer. From 1932 to 1936 and from 1951 to 1955 he was a member of the National Assembly . He was the Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice of France .

During his first term in the National Assembly, where he represented Paris from 1932 to 1936, Martinaud-Déplat worked briefly in 1934 as Undersecretary of State of the French Council of Ministers. From 1939 to 1940 he was the commissioner responsible for monitoring the French press. After the Vichy regime came to power , he initially withdrew from politics. After France was liberated in 1944, he took part in the reorganization of the Parti radical . In 1951 he succeeded in re-entering the National Assembly in the Bouches-du-Rhône department . From 1952 he was Minister of Justice for three different governments. On June 23, 1953, he changed posts and became Minister of the Interior. In 1954 he resigned from his position. In the elections in 1956 he was unable to win a new seat in the National Assembly. Until his sudden death on October 5, 1969, Martinaud-Déplat remained mayor of the small community of Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon (Bouches-du-Rhône).

Web links

Commons : Léon Martinaud-Déplat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Biography on the website of the National Assembly (French)
predecessor Office successor
Charles Brune Interior Minister of France
June 23, 1953 - June 18, 1954
François Mitterrand
Edgar Faure Minister of Justice of France
January 20, 1952 - June 28, 1953
Paul Ribeyre