Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (
March 30,
1863 -
November 21/
22,
1944) was a major French politician of the
Third Republic. The leader of the
Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from
1911 to
1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911. In
1914 he fell into disgrace when his wife shot the editor of
Le Figaro when he threatened to print love letters between her and Caillaux from when she was still married to another man. She was acquitted, however, and Caillaux became the leader of a peace party in the Assembly during
World War I. This led to his arrest and trial for treason in
1918. Again rehabilitated after the war, Caillaux served at various times in the left wing governments of the
1920s.
Caillaux's Ministry, 27 June 1911 - 14 January 1912
\n*Joseph Caillaux - President of the Council and Minister of the Interior and Worship\n*Justin de Selves - Minister of Foreign Affairs\n*Adolphe Messimy - Minister of War\n*Louis Lucien Klotz - Minister of Finance\n*René Renoult - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions\n*Jean Cruppi - Minister of Justice\n*Théophile Delcassé - Minister of Marine\n*
Théodore Steeg - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts\n*Jules Pams - Minister of Agriculture\n*
Albert Lebrun - Minister of Colonies\n*Victor Augagneur - Minister of Public Works, Posts, and Telegraphs\n*Maurice Couyba - Minister of Commerce and Industry
