Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue (; 1 August 1863 in

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18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He served as

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from 13 June 1924 to 13 June 1931.

Biography

Doumergue came from a

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family and was a Freemason. Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as

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from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914. He held the portfolio for the colonies through the ministries of René Viviani and Aristide Briand from 26 August 1914 to 19 March 1917. In February 1917 he was sent on a mission to

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and negotiated with Tsar Nicholas II a secret

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which defined the demands that France and Russia would make in future peace negotiations with Germany and

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. He was elected as the 13th French President on 13 June 1924, the only

to hold that office. He served until 13 June 1931 and again was Prime Minister in a conservative national unity government, after the riots of 6 February 1934. That government lasted from 6 February to 8 November 1934. He was widely regarded as one of the most popular French presidents, particularly after the controversial Alexandre Millerand, who had been his predecessor. Doumergue was single when he was elected and became the first President of France to marry in office. Doumergue died at Aigues-Vives on 18 June, 1937 at the age of 73.

Doumergue's First Ministry, 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914

* Gaston Doumergue – President of the Council and

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* Joseph Noulens –

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* René Renoult – Minister of the Interior * Joseph Caillaux – Minister of Finance *

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– Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions * Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin – Minister of Justice * Ernest Monis – Minister of the Marine * René Viviani –

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– Minister of Agriculture * Albert Lebrun –

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* Fernand David – Minister of Public Works * Louis Malvy – Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs Changes * 17 March 1914 – René Renoult succeeds Caillaux as Finance Minister. Louis Malvy succeeds Renoult as Minister of the Interior. Raoul Péret succeeds Malvy as Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs. * 20 March 1914 – Armand Gauthier de l'Aude succeeds Monis as Minister of Marine.

Doumergue's Second Ministry, 9 February – 8 November 1934

* Gaston Doumergue – President of the Council *

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– Minister of Foreign Affairs *

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– Minister of War *

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– Minister of the Interior * Louis Germain-Martin – Minister of Finance * Adrien Marquet – Minister of Labour * Henri Chéron – Minister of Justice * François Piétri – Minister of Military Marine * William Bertrand – Minister of Merchant Marine * Victor Denain – Minister of Air *

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– Minister of National Education * Georges Rivollet – Minister of Pensions * Henri Queuille – Minister of Agriculture *

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– Minister of Colonies *

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– Minister of Public Works * Louis Marin – Minister of Public Health and Physical Education *

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– Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones * Lucien Lamoureux – Minister of Commerce and Industry * Édouard Herriot – Minister of State * André Tardieu – Minister of State Changes *13 October 1934 –

succeeds Barthou (assassinated 9 October) as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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succeeds Sarraut as Minister of the Interior.

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succeeds Laval as Minister of Colonies. *15 October 1934 – Henri Lémery succeeds Chéron as Minister of Justice.

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1927 clip of Gaston Doumergue receiving his honorary degree from Oxford
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Biography

Doumergue's First Ministry, 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914

Doumergue's Second Ministry, 9 February – 8 November 1934

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