Louis Loucheur (12 August 1872 in
Roubaix,
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– 22 November 1931 in Paris) was a French politician in the
Third Republic, at first a member of the conservative
Republican Federation
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Founded in November 1903, the party ...
, then of the
Democratic Republican Alliance and of the
Independent Radicals
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.
Harold Nicolson, in "Curzon The Last Phase 1919-1921," wrote, in his biographical footnote on Loucheur, "one of the most reasonable and intelligent of French post-war experts; not a politician."
Life
Coming from a background in the
arms industry, Loucheur became
Minister of Armaments in September 1917.
He was administrator of
Tréfileries et Laminoirs du Havre (TLH) when he was appointed Minister of Armaments.
He replaced
Albert Thomas and served as armaments minister until 26 November, 1918 when he became Minister of Industrial Re-construction where he remained until 20 January, 1920.
He was the principal economic advisor for
Georges Clemenceau at the
1919 Paris Peace Conference
Events
January
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. The product of this conference was the controversial
Treaty of Versailles.
He was
Minister of Liberated Regions
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from 16 January 1921 to 15 January 1922 in the 7th cabinet of
Aristide Briand.
Loucheur was briefly
Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs under
Raymond Poincaré
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Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in 1 ...
in 1924.
He also served as
Minister of Finance in Briand's seventh Government during 1925 and 1926.
In
Édouard Herriot's Second Ministry Loucheur served as
Minister of Commerce and Industry and from June 1928 to February 1930. He succeeded
Maurice Bokanowski
Maurice Bokanowski (31 August 1879 – 2 September 1928) was a French lawyer and left-wing Republican politician who served briefly as Minister of the Navy in 1924, and was Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1926–28. He rationalized tariffs an ...
, who had died in an air accident. He then served again under Poincaré as
Minister of Labour, Hygiene, Welfare Work, and Social Security Provisions.
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1872 births
1931 deaths
People from Roubaix
French Protestants
Politicians from Hauts-de-France
Democratic Republican Alliance politicians
Independent Radical politicians
French Ministers of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs
French Ministers of Finance
French Ministers of Liberated Regions
Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
École Polytechnique alumni
Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery