Marius Moutet
| Marius Moutet | |
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Moutet in 1933
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| Minister of the Colonies | |
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In office 1936–1938 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Member of the National Assembly of France Parliament for Lyon-Vaise district |
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In office July 1914 – 1928 |
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| Succeeded by | Republican-Socialist Party candidate |
| Member of Parliament for Drome department |
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In office 13 January 1929 – ? |
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| Preceded by | Jules Nadi |
| Succeeded by | ? |
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19 April 1876 Nîmes, Gard, France |
| Died | 29 October 1968 (aged 92) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
Marius Moutet (19 April 1876 – 29 October 1968) was a French Socialist diplomat and colonial adviser. An expert in colonial issues, he served as Minister of the Colonies for four terms in the 1930s and 1940s and was president of the General council of the Drôme department after the war until 1951. He was sympathetic to Ho Chi Minh and advocated the independence of Vietnam. At the age of 92, Moutet was the oldest member of the Senate of France and the French Assembly.
Moutet was born in Nîmes, Gard in 1876. He came from a mixed Protestant-Catholic family of Rhône valley wine merchants. He studied at the Lycée of Macon and then at the Lycée Henri IV, in Paris. He was a member of the Socialist Students in Lyon, and the Independent Socialists in 1895.
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. 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 Jean Jaurès during his candidacy, Moutet was elected Député (Member) in the National Assembly of France representing the Lyon-Vaise district, Rhône. During the First World War, in May 1917, he was appointed by Aristide Briand to convince the new Russian government, led by Alexander Kerensky, to continue the war on the side of France and Britain. The same year, he supported Joseph Caillaux before the High Court of Justice.
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