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Justin Germain Casimir de Selves (19 July 1848 in
Justin Germain Casimir de Selves (19 July 1848 in Toulouse
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– 12 January 1934 in Paris
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) was a French politician.
He held an officer rank in the Franco-Prussian war. He was Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs from 1890 to 1896. He became a senator
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from Tarn-et-Garonne
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in 1909. He was Prefect of the Department of the Seine
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for fifteen years, giving up the post when he was appointed Foreign Minister, on 26 June 1911. He resigned the position on 9 January 1912 after refusing to confirm to President Clemenceau statements made by Premier Caillaux. From 1924 to 1927 he was President of the Senate
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, but lost his seat in 1927 to a Radical Socialist.
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