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Fernand Chapsal
Fernand Chapsal (10 March 1862 – 10 February 1939) was a French lawyer, administrator and politician who was Minister of Commerce in 1926 and in 1937–38, and Minister of Agriculture in 1938. Early years Fernand Chapsal was born on 10 March 1862 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne. His family moved to Saintes, Charente-Maritime when his father was appointed principal of the college there. Chapsal obtained his secondary education in the Saintes college, then studied at the Faculty of Paris and became a Doctor of Law. Soon after he was appointed to the Audit Court of the Council of State. He was in turn an Auditor, Master of Requests and Deputy-Commissioner to the Government for litigation. He published a treatise of the procedure before the Prefecture Councils. Chapsal was chief of staff of Louis Ricard, Minister of Justice in 1892 and 1898, and of Georges Trouillot, Minister of the Colonies in 1898. He also taught at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Ecole des Sciences Politiques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Commerce And Industry (France)
The Minister of Commerce was a cabinet member in the Government of France. The position sometimes included responsibility for other government departments such as Minister of Public Works (France), Public Works, Minister of the Interior (France), Interior, Ministry of Agriculture (France), Agriculture and Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones, Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones. The position has largely been merged today into the expanded Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France), Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry. Officeholders Ministers of Commerce and Manufacture In 1812 Napoleon created a Ministry of Commerce and Manufacture (''Ministère du Commerce et des Manufactures''), which he assigned to Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy. That ministry was suppressed in 1814. * 16 January 1812 – 1 April 1814 : Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy A royal ordinance of 22 January 1828 recreated the Ministry of Commerce and Manufacture, which covered manufacture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
