Georges Monnet
Georges Monnet | |
|---|---|
 Monnet in the early 1930s | |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 1936–1938 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Thellier |
| Succeeded by | Henri Queuille |
| Minister of Blockade | |
| In office 1939–1940 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1898 Socialist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Branch/service | French Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1918 |
Georges Monnet (12 August 1898,
Inter war
After fighting in the
In 1933, he joined the administrative board and became the permanent expert of the SFIO for agricultural issues. He modernized the socialist doctrine by focusing it towards the goal of practical and immediate reforms to help small and medium-scale farms.
As Minister of Agriculture in the first Léon Blum government, he used his land policy to defend small farmers through the control of agricultural prices.[1]
Second World War
He opposed the
Post war
After the war, Monnet went to Africa to continue to play a political role. He became Counselor of the French Union from 1947 to 1958. He was Minister of Agriculture under Félix Houphouët-Boigny from 1959 to 1961 and personal adviser to the President (Félix Houphouët-Boigny) of Ivory Coast shortly after its independence from France, serving from 1961 to 1964.[3] A few years later, he returned to France and became president of the National Agricultural Exhibition and Competition (CENECA).
Decorations
- Croix de Guerre 1914-1918
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Commander of Agricultural Merit
