Jules Méline

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Jules Méline
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Prime Minister of France
In office
29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898
PresidentFélix Faure
Preceded byLéon Bourgeois
Succeeded byHenri Brisson
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
4 April 1888 – 11 Novembre 1889
Preceded byCharles Floquet
Succeeded byCharles Floquet
Personal details
Born20 May 1838
Remiremont
Died21 December 1925(1925-12-21) (aged 87)
Paris
Political partyProgressive Republican
(1870–1903)
Republican Federation
(1903-1910s)

Félix Jules Méline (French pronunciation: ​[ʒyl melin]; 20 May 1838 – 21 December 1925) was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898.

Biography[]

Méline was born at Remiremont. Having taken up law as his profession, he was chosen a deputy in 1872, and in 1879 he was for a short time Under-Secretary to the Minister of the Interior. In 1880 he came to the front as the leading spokesman of the party which favoured the protection of French industries, and he had a considerable share in fashioning the protectionist legislation of the years 1890–1902. From 1883 to 1885 Méline was Minister for Agriculture, and in 1888–1889 he was President of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1896 he became Premier (Président du Conseil) and Minister for Agriculture, offices which he vacated in 1898.[1]

At one time he edited , and after his retirement from public life he wrote Le Retour de la terre et Ia surproduction industrielle, tout en faveur de l'agriculture (1905).[1]

The introduction of French protectionist measure of 1892 is named after him, the Méline tariff.[2]

Méline's Ministry[]

Méline's Ministry, 29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898:[citation needed]

  • Jules Méline – President of the Council and Minister of Agriculture
  • Gabriel Hanotaux – Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Jean-Baptiste Billot – Minister of War
  • Louis Barthou – Minister of the Interior
  • Georges Cochery – Minister of Finance
  • Jean-Baptiste Darlan – Minister of Justice
  • Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard – Minister of Marine
  • Alfred Rambaud – Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship
  • André Lebon – Minister of Colonies
  • – Minister of Public Works
  • Henry Boucher – Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs

Changes

  • 26 September 1896 – Jean-Baptiste Darlan succeeds Rambaud as Minister of Worship, remaining also Minister of Justice. Rambaud remains Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts.[citation needed]
  • 1 December 1897 – Victor Milliard succeeds Darlan as Minister of Justice and Worship.[citation needed]
  • 31 May 1898 – Gabriel Hanotaux succeeds Lebon as interim Minister of Colonies, remaining also Minister of Foreign Affairs.[citation needed]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Chisholm 1911, p. 94.
  2. ^ Michael S. Smith, "The Méline Tariff as Social Protection: Rhetoric or Reality?" International Review of Social History (1992) 37 : pp 230-243

References[]

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Méline, Félix Jules". Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 94.

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Political offices
Preceded by
François de Mahy
Minister of Agriculture
1883–1885
Succeeded by
Hervé Mangon
Preceded by
Charles Floquet
President of the Chamber of Deputies
1888–1889
Succeeded by
Charles Floquet
Preceded by
Léon Bourgeois
Prime Minister of France
1896–1898
Succeeded by
Henri Brisson
Preceded by
Albert Viger
Minister of Agriculture
1896–1898
Succeeded by
Albert Viger
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