Jules Jeanneney

Jules Jeanneney (1924)

Jules Émile Jeanneney(6 July 1864–27 April 1957) was a French lawyer and politician.

Jules Jeanneney was born inBesançonin thedepartmentofDoubs.His mother died soon after his birth, leaving his father, an auctioneer, to raise the child. Jeanneney said that he felt that his mother's death affected him greatly in later life. He studied law at theSorbonneand practised as a lawyer.

At the urging ofRené Waldeck-RousseauJeanneney entered politics in 1896 when he was elected mayor ofRioz.In 1902 he stood in the elections to theChamber of Deputiesand was elected to representHaute-Saône.In 1909 he was elected to theSenatewhere he supported theDemocratic Republican Alliance.He would remain a Senator until 1944.

Jeanneney was elected vice-president in 1924, then he headed the important Finance committee until 1932 when he was electedPresidentof the Senate to replaceAlbert Lebrun.As President of the Senate, Jeanneney led the debate on 10 July 1940 which resulted in the granting of extraordinary powers to MarshalPhilippe Pétainand the creation of theVichy Regime.Jeanneney accepted these results rather than seeking them and along withÉdouard Daladierprotested at the use Pétain made of his powers.

Jeanneney served asMinister of Statewith responsibility for reforming the administration inCharles de Gaulle'sProvisional Governmentfrom 1944 to 1945. He died inParisin 1957.

Jeanneney's sonJean-Marcel Jeanneneyand his grandsonJean-Noël Jeanneneywere active in French politics.

Bibliography

• (in French)Le Crédit agricole mobilier.Guillaumin, 1889.
• (in French)Associations et syndicats de fonctionnaires, étude législative.Hachette, 1908.
• (in French)(edited by Jean-Noël Jeanneney)Journal politique: septembre 1939–juillet 1942.Armand Colin, 1972.

References

• Jolly, Jean (1960)."Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français 1889-1940"(in French). Presses Universitaires de France.Retrieved2007-08-25.