Édouard Marie Herriot (French: ; 5 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies.[1] He was leader of the first Cartel des Gauches.
Hérriot was born at Troyes, France on 5 July 1872. He served as Mayor of Lyon from 1905 until his death, except for a brief period from 1942 to 1945, when he was exiled to Germany for opposing the Vichy regime. As mayor, Herriot improved relations between municipal government and local unions, increased public assistance funds, and launched an urban renewal programme,[2] amongst other measures. He died in Lyon on 26 March 1957.[1] He is buried at the Cimetière de Loyasse.
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Herriot's First Ministry, 14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925 1
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Herriot's Second Ministry, 19–23 July 1926 2
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Herriot's Third Ministry, 3 June – 18 December 1932 3
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Denial of the Holodomor 3.1
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Political career 4
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Trivia 5
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References 6
Herriot's First Ministry, 14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925
Changes
Herriot's Second Ministry, 19–23 July 1926
Herriot's Third Ministry, 3 June – 18 December 1932
Denial of the Holodomor
The height of denial of the Holodomor was reached during a visit to Ukraine carried out between August 26 and September 9, 1933, by Herriot, who had recently left the French Prime Ministry. Herriot denied accounts of the famine and said that Soviet Ukraine was "like a garden in full bloom".[3]
Furthermore, he announced to the press that there was no famine in Ukraine, that he did not see any trace of hunger, and that the allegations of starving millions were being spread by adversaries of the Soviet Union. "When one believes that the Ukraine is devastated by famine, allow me to shrug my shoulders", he declared. The September 13, 1933 issue of Pravda was able to write that Herriot "categorically contradicted the lies of the bourgeoisie press in connection with a famine in the USSR."[4]
Political career
Governmental functions
Président of the Council of Ministers : 1924–1925 / 19–21 July 1926 / June–December 1932.
Minister of Transport, Public Works and Supply : 1916–1917.
Minister of Education and Fine Arts : 1926–1928.
Minister of Foreign Affairs : 1924–1925 / 19–21 July 1926 / June–December 1932.
Minister of State : 1934–1936.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
President of the National Assembly of France : 1947–1954.
Member of the National Assembly of France for Rhône (department) : 1946–1957 (He died in 1957). Elected in 1946, reelected in 1951, 1956.
Constitutional Assembly
Member of the Constitutional Assembly for Rhône (department) : 1945–1946. Elected in 1945, reelected in June 1946.
Chamber of Deputies of France
President of the Chamber of Deputies of France : 1925–1926 / 1936–1940.
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of France for Rhône (department) : 1919–1942 (Dissolution of Parliament by Philippe Petain in 1942). Elected in 1919, reelected in 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936.
Senate of France
Senator of Rhône : 1912–1919. Elected in 1911.
General council
General councillor of Rhône (department) : 1945–1951.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Lyon : 1905–1942 (Deposition by Philippe Pétain in 1942) / 1945–1957 (He died in 1957). Reelected in 1908, 1912, 1919, 1925, 1929, 1935, 1945, 1947, 1953.
Municipal councillor of Lyon : 1904–1942 (Deposition by Philippe Pétain in 1942) / 1945–1957 (He died in 1957). Reelected in 1908, 1912, 1919, 1925, 1929, 1935, 1945, 1947, 1953.
Political functions
President of the Radical Party (France) : 1919–1926 / 1931–1936 / 1948–1953 / 1955–1957.
Trivia
Herriot was declared an honorary citizen of the city of Veliki Bečkerek (today Zrenjanin) in 1933. There is also a street with his name in Zrenjanin.
References
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^ a b "Herriot Is Dead. French Leader, 84".
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^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6nv6XY6yJZEC&pg=PA218&dq=Edouard+Herriot+pensions&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rLghT6axKsbJhAfRpLXjBA&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Edouard%20Herriot%20pensions&f=false
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^ Nicolas Werth, Karel Bartošek, Jean-Louis Panné, Jean-Louis Margolin, Andrzej Paczkowski, Stéphane Courtois, The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, Harvard University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-674-07608-7, pages 159-160
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^ "France, Germany and Austria Facing the famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine"
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