Charles Guernier
| Charles Guernier | |
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Guernier in 1933
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| Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones | |
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In office 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932 |
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| Preceded by | Georges Bonnet |
| Succeeded by | Louis Rollin |
| Minister of Public Works and the Merchant Marine | |
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In office 20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932 |
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| Preceded by |
Georges Pernot (Public Works) Louis de Chappedelaine (Merchant Marine) |
| Succeeded by |
Joseph Paganon (Public Works) Léon Meyer (Merchant Marine) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 April 1870 Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France |
| Died | 19 February 1943 (aged 72) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
Charles Guernier (26 April 1870 – 19 February 1943) was a French politician. He was deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine from 1906 to 1924 and from 1928 to 1942. He was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones from 1931 to 1932, and Minister of Public Works and the Merchant Marine in 1932.
Charles Guernier was born on 26 April 1870 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. Guernier grew up in Saint-Malo, then was admitted to the University of Rennes. He studied Law, and obtained his doctorate in 1897 with a thesis on Scottish crofters. He lectured at the Faculty of Law in the University of Paris, then taught a course on Political Economy and History of Economic Doctrines in the Faculty of Law of the University of Lyon. He was a professor at the University of Lille from 1898 to 1905.
Guernier was elected deputy for the first district of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, on 6 May 1906 . He sat with the Gauche démocratique (Democratic Left). He was reelected on 20 April 1910, and sat with the same group. He became a general councilor for Ille-et-Vilaine representing the canton of Cancale in 1910, and held this seat for thirty years. On 26 April 1914 he was again elected deputy and sat with the Gauche radicale (Radical Left).
Throughout his parliamentary career Guernier was involved in foreign policy and the merchant navy. He was under-secretary of state for the Merchant Navy from 10–13 June 1914. He was high commissioner to the British government for regulation of allied maritime affairs from 10 April 1917 to 12 September 1917. At the end of this assignment he was appointed Commander of the Order of the Bath.
On 16 November 1919 Guernier was reelected deputy and sat with the Gauche républicaine démocratique (Democratic Republican Left). He was elected chairman of the Ille-et-Vilaine council in 1921 in place of René Brice, who had died, and held the presidency until 1924. He was defeated in the parliamentary election of 1924. On 29 April 1928 Guernier was elected deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine and sat with the Gauche radicale (Radical Left). He represented the first district of Saint-Malo.
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