Édouard Joseph Auguste Grinda (20 December 1866 – 28 March 1959) was a

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politician best known for ''The Grinda Report'' written in 1923 and as architect of France's medical insurance law of 1928. He was born and died in

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) for

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from 1919 to 1932 * Minister of Work and Social Security from 13 December 1930 to January 1931 in

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's government

Family

His wife was Augustine Schmitz (d.1965).Bianchini, Roger-Louis: "Les Grinda," L'Express
/ref> Their son was Jean-Paul Grinda, whose grandson is

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, the father of Athina Onassis Roussel. His granddaughter, Hélène Grinda (b. 1944), had an illegitimate daughter with

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, Alexia Grinda (b. 1967).

Bibliography

He wrote ''Rapport fait au nom de la Commission d'Assurance et de Prévoyance Sociales chargée d'examiner le project de loi sur les assurances'' (in ). The report was published to the appendix of ''

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'' of the meeting of January 31, no. 5505. Imprimerie de la Chambre, Paris, 1923.

References

1866 births 1959 deaths Politicians from Nice Republican and Social Action politicians Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Ministers of labour and social affairs of France 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 Members of Parliament for Alpes-Maritimes {{AlpesMaritimes-politician-stub