Marius Moutet

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Marius Moutet
Minister of the Colonies
In office
1936–1938
Prime Minister
Member of the
Drome department
In office
13 January 1929 – ?
Preceded byJules Nadi
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born(1876-04-19)19 April 1876
Nîmes, Gard, France
Died29 October 1968(1968-10-29) (aged 92)
Paris, France
Alma mater
  • Lycee of Macon
  • Lycee Henri IV
ProfessionLawyer

Marius Moutet (19 April 1876 – 29 October 1968) was a French Socialist diplomat and colonial adviser. An expert in colonial issues,

French Assembly
.

Early years

Moutet was born in

Socialist Students in Lyon, and the Independent Socialists
in 1895.

Career

After becoming a lawyer, he was a delegate from the Rhône department to the second organization of French socialists' congress held in Wagram in September 1900.[4] Five years later, he was a delegate from the same department to the founding convention of the French Section of the Workers' International.

In July 1914, with the support of

High Court of Justice
.

Moutet was a member of the Central Committee of the

Drome department, replacing Jules Nadi, who had died.[6] He became a specialist on questions related to the French colonial empire, advocating a generous policy of assimilation, opposing brutal repression and condescending paternalism.[7] He was an advocate for independence in Vietnam and friendly towards Ho Chi Minh.[7]

Moutet, serving in Leon Blum's cabinet while in Dakar, 1937

Moutet served as Minister of the Colonies in the

The Vichy 80 who refused full authority to Philippe Pétain on 10 July 1940. He subsequently went underground and took refuge in Switzerland from 1941 to avoid arrest,[11] with one of his sons being confined to his place in Vals-les-Bains by the Vichy government
in retaliation.

At the end of the war, he was re-elected to the Drôme department in the two

Code du travail by decree before he left office in November.[13] As a parliamentarian, he worked for peace in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Assembly of the Western European Union and the Inter-Parliamentary Union
. He served for the Drôme department from 1948, first in the Council of the Republic under the Fourth Republic, and then in the Senate under the Fifth Republic up his death.

At the age of 92, Moutet was the oldest member of the

French Assembly.[14] At the initiative of Jean Besson, senator from the Drôme, the Cahier de l'Institut Marius Moutet – Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po is an institute of contemporary history that bears his name. Freddy Martin-Rosset, mayor of Épinouze
, published a biography covering Moutet's political career in the Drôme, L'itinéraire politique drômois de Marius Moutet" (2012).

Personal life

Moutet was twice married.[15] His first wife was Anna Matoussevitch (d. 1926), a Russian from Minsk, whom he met in Lyon where she was studying medicine; they had two sons, Jacques Moutet (1900–1951) and Gustave Moutet (1901–1987), and a daughter, Marianne Moutet Basch (1904–2000). His second wife was Magdeleine Vérilhac (d. 1975); they had a son, Philippe Moutet (1928–2003). Moutet also had two other children, Michel Moutet and Aimée Moutet.[2] Anne-Elisabeth Moutet is his granddaughter.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-85255-711-2
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b Basch, Francoise (2006). "Gender and survival: a Jewish family in occupied France, 1940–1944.(the Basch family)(Viewpoint essay)". Feminist Studies, Inc. HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. ^ Company, H.W. Wilson (1948). Current biography yearbook. H. W. Wilson Co. p. 456. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-2-209-05402-2
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  5. ISBN 978-2-296-15648-7
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  6. ISBN 978-2-11-005693-1
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-520-25602-6
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8047-4377-8
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  9. ISBN 978-2-226-09397-4
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  10. ^ Castor, Élie; Tarcy, Raymond (1984). Félix Éboué: gouverneur et philosophe. L'Harmattan. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  11. ISBN 978-2-85744-932-4
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  12. ^ France. Parlement (1946– ). Sénat (November 1968). Journal officiel de la République française: Débats parlementaires. Sénat. Impr. des Journaux officiels. p. 983. Retrieved 24 April 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ISBN 978-0-521-56600-1
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  14. ^ Council of Europe. Directorate of Information (1968). Forward in Europe. Council of Europe, Directorate of Information. p. 3. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  15. ^ Moutet, Anne-Elisabeth (21 Oct 2007). "Cécilia Sarkozy may change France more". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

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