César Campinchi
César Campinchi (May 4, 1882 in Calcatoggio, Corse-du-Sud – February 22, 1941 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône) was a lawyer and French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2]
Campinchi was president of the
In his history of The Second World War, Volume 1, The Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill says on page 449:
”I formed a high opinion of this man (Campinchi). His patriotism, his ardour, his acute intelligence and above all, his resolve to conquer or die, hit home. (Admiral) Pound and I got on very well with Campinchi. This tough Corsican never flinched or failed.”
He married Hélène, who was the daughter of Adolphe Landry and also a lawyer. Given her brief by François de Menthon, Hélène chaired the commission which oversaw the drafting of the 2 February 1945 relating to delinquent children, which also established her husband's proposal.
Gaston Monnerville was one of Campinchi's close colleagues.
Roles in government
- Ministre de la Marine 22 June 1937 – 18 January 1938, in the 3rd government of Camille Chautemps,
- Ministre de la Justice 18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938, in the 4th government of Chautemps,
- Ministre de la Marine militaire 13 March 1938 – 16 June 1940, in the 2nd government of Léon Blum, the 3rd government of Édouard Daladier and the government of Paul Reynaud.
Quote
"When one is a whore or a minister, one has the right to that title for the rest of one's life."
References
- ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Musée de la résistance en ligne". museedelaresistanceenligne.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
External links
- The History of The Second World War Volume 1, The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill p449. Cassell pub. January 1967.
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