André Diethelm
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André Diethelm | |
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![]() André Diethelm (center) reviews troops in liberated Marseille (Aug. 1944) | |
Commissioner of Cities, Labor, and Information | |
In office 1941–1943 | |
Deputy of the National Assembly | |
In office 1945–1946 | |
Deputy of the National Assembly | |
In office 1951–1954 | |
Senator | |
In office 1948–1951 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bourg-en-Bresse | July 3, 1896
Died | January 11, 1954 Paris | (aged 57)
Political party | Farmers' Social Union Party[fr] |
Other political affiliations | Rally of the French People |
André Diethelm(3 July 1896 – 11 January 1954) was born inBourg-en-Bresse(Aindepartment) and was aFrench Resistancefighter and politician. As anInspector General of Finance,he joinedGeneral de GaulleandFree Franceduring the Second World War, and presided over theRally of the French Peoplepolitical party (Rassemblement du peuple français(RPF)) under theFourth Republic.
Early life and education[edit]
He pursued a secondary education inFoix.He was admitted to the prestigiousÉcole normale supérieurein Paris in 1914, but the war interrupted his studies just as they began.
Career[edit]
Diethelm fought in theFirst World War,inAlsace,on the Eastern front, and in Greece.
After the war, he returned to the École normale supérieure but in 1919 he gave up taking thecompetitive civil service exam,preferring to go for the competitive exam for theInspectorate General of Finances,in which he came in second.[1][page needed]He was in charge of the finances ofIndochina,then became director ofGeorges Mandel's cabinet from 1938 to 1940.[citation needed]
French Resistance[edit]
Joining Free France, he was appointed commissioner for the Interior, Labour and Information, by de Gaulle, then for Finance and Pensions, and finally for Finance, the Economy and the Merchant Navy under theFrench National Committeein 1941–1943. He was the first director of theCaisse centraleof Free France[fr].
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In the government of Algiers (French Committee of National Liberation,CFLN), he was commissioner for Production and Commerce, then for Supply and Production. On 4 April 1944, he became War Commissioner.[2][better source needed]And on 9 September 1944, Minister of War in thefirst government of Charles de Gaulle[fr]through 21 November 1945.
Deputy of theVosgesin theConstitutional Assembly of 1945[fr],he then sat on theCouncil of the Republicfrom 1948 to 1951. Then he was deputy for theSeine-et-Oisedepartment in 1951. He succeededJacques Soustelleas President of theRally of the French People(RPF) faction in the National Assembly, then chaired theUnion of Republicans for Social Action[fr](URAS). Sickness forced him to give up his post, which was taken over byJacques Chaban-Delmas.PresidentVincent Auriolasked him to form a government on 24 May 1953, but he refused.
Death[edit]
Diethelm died on 11 January 1954 in Paris.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- Allies of World War II
- André Philip
- Émile Muselier
- Foreign policy of Charles de Gaulle
- Free French Africa
- French Colonial Empire
- French Fourth Republic
- French Resistance
- French Third Republic
- Georges Catroux
- Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
- Jean Moulin
- Liberation of France
- Liberation of Paris
- Martial Valin
- Military history of France during World War II
- Paul Legentilhomme
- Philippe Auboyneau
- Philippe Pétain
- Provisional Government of the French Republic
- René Pleven
- Vichy France
References[edit]
- ^Tirouflet 2012.
- ^Maury, Jean-Pierre (2007)."Le Comité français de la libération nationale"[The French Committee of National Liberation].MJP digitheque(in French). University of Perpignan.Retrieved25 July2020.
Works cited[edit]
- Tirouflet, Michel[in French](2012).André Diethelm (1896–1954): le pilier de la France libre(in French). Paris: Nicolas Chaudun.ISBN978-2-35039-148-9.
Further reading[edit]
- Lambert, Gilles[in French];Mazeaud, Pierre(2010).L'ombre du général de Gaulle: André Diethelm (1896-1954)(in French). Paris:Philippe Rey.ISBN978-2-84876-148-0.
as quoted in el Saad-2010
- el Saad, Lamia (2010)."L'ombre du général de Gaulle"[The Shadow of General de Gaulle].L'Orient littéraire(in French). L'Orient Le Jour.
- Turpin, Frédéric[in French];Georges-Henri Soutou[in French](2004).André Diethelm (1896-1954): de Georges Mandel à Charles de Gaulle(in French). Paris: les Indes savantes.ISBN2-84654-067-5.
External links[edit]
- 1896 births
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- Politicians from Bourg-en-Bresse
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- Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945)
- French senators of the Fourth Republic
- Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
- French nationalists
- Inspection générale des finances (France)
- École Normale Supérieure alumni
- French Army officers
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