André Tardieu
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André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu was three times Prime Minister of France and a dominant figure of French political life in 1929–1932. He was a moderate conservative with a strong intellectual repu
Tardieu in 1928
Aristide Briand
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Aristide Pierre Henri Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic. He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues
André Tardieu
…government as Minister of Transportation under Raymond Poincaré. In 1928, he moved to Minister of the Interior, continuing under Poincaré's successor Aristide Briand. In November 1929, Tardieu himself succeeded Briand as Président du Conseil (Prime Minister) and remained Interior Minister. Though generally considered…
Painting by Marcel Baschet
Briand with British Army officer John Maxwell
Briand (centre) with members of the French delegation including Henri Fromageot and Philippe Berthelot at the Locarno Treaties, 1925 Autochrome by Roger Dumas
Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann