César Campinchi (May 4, 1882 in

Calcatoggio Calcatoggio is a Communes of France, commune in the Corse-du-Sud Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Tour d'Ancone *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department References

Commune ...

Corse-du-Sud Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...

– February 22, 1941 in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and ...

) was a lawyer and French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century. Campinchi was president of the '' Association générale des étudiants de Paris'' student organisation, a member of the Radical Socialist Party and deputy for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried out the functions of the

Keeper of the seals The title keeper of the seals or equivalent is used in several contexts, denoting the person entitled to keep and authorize use of the great seal of a given country. The title may or may not be linked to a particular cabinet or ministerial offi ...

and presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937. In his history of The Second World War, Volume 1, The Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill says on page 449: ”I formed a high opinion of this man (Campinchi). His patriotism, his ardour, his acute intelligence and above all, his resolve to conquer or die, hit home. (Admiral) Pound and I got on very well with Campinchi. This tough Corsican never flinched or failed.” He married Hélène, who was the daughter of

Adolphe Landry Michel Auguste Adolphe Landry (29 September 1874 – 30 August 1956) was a French demographer and politician. He was deputy and then senator for Corsica between 1910 and 1955. He was Minister of the Navy from 1920 to 1921, Minister of Public Edu ...

and also a lawyer. Given her brief by

François de Menthon Count François de Menthon (8 January 1900 – 2 June 1984) was a French politician and professor of law. Early and private life Menthon was born in Montmirey-la-Ville in Jura. He was a son of an old noble family from Menthon-Saint-Bernard. He ...

, Hélène chaired the commission which oversaw the drafting of the 2 February 1945 relating to delinquent children, which also established her husband's proposal. Gaston Monnerville was one of Campinchi's close colleagues.

Roles in government

* Ministre de la Marine 22 June 1937 – 18 January 1938, in the 3rd government of Camille Chautemps, * Ministre de la Justice 18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938, in the 4th government of Chautemps, * Ministre de la Marine militaire 13 March 1938 – 16 June 1940, in the 2nd government of Léon Blum, the 3rd government of

Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier (; 18 June 1884 – 10 October 1970) was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, and the Prime Minister of France who signed the Munich Agreement before the outbreak of World War II. Daladier was born in Carpe ...

and the government of

Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud (; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of ...

Quote

"When one is a whore or a minister, one has the right to that title for the rest of one's life."

References

External links

* * The History of The Second World War Volume 1, The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill p449. Cassell pub. January 1967. 1882 births 1941 deaths People from Corse-du-Sud Corsican politicians Radical Party (France) politicians French Ministers of Justice Members of the 15th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 16th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic 20th-century French lawyers {{France-politician-RPV-stub