The Minister of Liberated Regions (French: Ministre des Régions libérées) was a cabinet position in France after World War I (1914–18) responsible for the reintegration of the regions of Alsace and Lorraine that had been incorporated in Germany after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

History

On 17 November 1917, Georges Clemenceau created the Ministry of Blockade, which was also responsible for the liberated regions. The first minister was Charler-Célestin Jonnart, replaced on 23 November 1917 by Albert François Lebrun. Lebrun took responsibility for the liberated regions, while M. Delavaud took responsibility for the blockade.[1] Émile Ogier, a career civil servant, was minister from January 1920 until Louis Loucheur took over.[2] Louis Marin (politician) was Minister from 29 March 1924 to 14 June 1924 in the third cabinet of Raymond Poincaré and the ephemeral cabinet of Frédéric François-Marsal.[3]

Ministers

FromToCabinetOfficeholder
16 November 191723 NovemberGeorges Clemenceau (2)Charles Jonnart (Liberated Regions and Blockade)
23 November 19176 November 1919Georges Clemenceau (2)Albert François Lebrun
6 November 191920 January 1920Georges Clemenceau (2)André Tardieu
20 January 192024 September 1920Alexandre MillerandÉmile Ogier
24 September 192016 January 1921Georges LeyguesÉmile Ogier
16 January 192115 January 1922Aristide Briand (7)Louis Loucheur
15 January 192229 March 1924Raymond Poincaré (2)Charles Reibel
29 March 19249 June 1924Raymond Poincaré (3)Louis Marin
8 June 192415 June 1924Frédéric François-MarsalLouis Marin
14 June 192417 April 1925Édouard Herriot (1)Victor Dalbiez

Notes

    Sources

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    • Farrar, M.M. (2012-12-06), Conflict and Compromise: The Strategy, Politics and Diplomacy of the French Blockade, 1914–1918, Springer Science & Business Media, ISBN 978-94-010-1992-7, retrieved 2015-12-08
    • Jolly, Jean (1960–1977). "Marin (Louis)". Dictionnaire des parlementaires français; notices biographiques sur les ministres, députés et sénateurs français de 1889 à 1940 (in French). Paris: Presses universitaires de France. ISBN 2-1100-1998-0. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
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