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Frédéric François-Marsalb. 16 Mar 1874, Paris |
| Title: | Président du Conseil des ministres (President of the Council of Ministers) |
| Term: | 9 Jun 1924 - 14 Jun 1924 |
| Chronology: | 9 Jun 1924, appointed, decree of the President of the Republic [1] |
| 11 Jun 1924, following the resignation of the incumbent, the functions of President of the Republic devolved on the Council of Ministers in accordance with Art. 7 of a constitutional law of 25 Feb 1875 | |
| 13 Jun 1924, functions of the President of the Republic are assumed by the newly elected incumbent [2] | |
| 14 Jun 1924, ceased to hold the office upon the appointment of a successor [3] | |
| Names/titles: | Original family name: François (changed to François-Marsal in accordance with decree of the President of the Republic of 22 Jun 1912) [4] |
| Biography: | |
| Born into a family of Lorraine origin; attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris; studied at the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr (École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr) (1894-1896); commissioned second lieutenant (1896); sent on mission to Indochina where he was attached (1900-1904) to the cabinet of Governor-General Paul Doumer; resigned his army commission in 1905 and was given a job in bank sector in Lyon; moved to Paris in 1912; joined the army as captain of light infantry at the beginning of World War I (1914); was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and transferred to the general headquarters of the French Army (1915); became a member of the general staff of the Eastern Army Group (1917); served as head of financial and economic studies group in the cabinet of Georges Clemenceau; after the war, he was made administrator of the Banque de l'Union Parisienne; appointed financial expert to the French delegation at the Paris Peace Conference (1919); joined the Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine); wrote a number of articles for Écho de Paris (1919), leading a vigorous campaign of opposition to the government; was appointed minister of finance (20 Jan 1920 - 16 Jan 1921, 29 Mar 1924 - 14 Jun 1924) in the cabinets of Alexandre Millerand, Georges Leygues and Raymond Poincaré; was responsible for organizing financial support for Poland threatened by the Russian Red Army in the summer of 1920; elected to the Sénat (1921-1930) from Cantal; contributed to the press campaign in France and Belgium for the occupation of the Ruhr (1922); served briefly as President of the Council of Ministers (9 Jun 1924 - 14 Jun 1924), including a period during the vacancy in the office of President of the Republic (11 Jun 1924 - 13 Jun 1924) when the government was entrusted with executive power in accordance with the Constitutional Law on Organization of Public Powers of 1875; his minority government was censured by the Chambre des députés (10 Jun 1924), leading to the resignation of Millerand. | |
| Biographical sources: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français 1889-1940, 5:1734-1735. | |
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| [1] | JORF- Lois et décrets, No. 158, 10 Jun 1924, p. 5293. |
| [2] | JORF - Lois et décrets, No. 162, 14 Jun 1924, p. 5386. |
| [3] | JORF- Lois et décrets, No. 163, 15 Jun 1924, p. 5402. |
| [4] | Original birth record is preserved in the Archives of Paris, 8e arrondissement, naissances, V4E 3391, #402. |
Last update: 29 Nov 2023