Paul Painlevé
Paul Painlevé | |
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Paul Painlevé in 1923 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 17 April 1925 – 28 November 1925 | |
| President | Gaston Doumergue |
| Preceded by | Édouard Herriot |
| Succeeded by | Aristide Briand |
| In office 12 September 1917 – 16 November 1917 | |
| President | Raymond Poincaré |
| Preceded by | Alexandre Ribot |
| Succeeded by | Georges Clemenceau |
| Minister of Air | |
| In office 3 June 1932 – 29 January 1933 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Herriot Joseph Paul-Boncour |
| Preceded by | Jacques-Louis Dumesnil |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Cot |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 29 October 1925 – 28 November 1925 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Joseph Caillaux |
| Succeeded by | Louis Loucheur |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 17 April 1925 – 29 October 1925 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Charles Nollet |
| Succeeded by | André Maginot |
| In office 20 March 1917 – 13 November 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexandre Ribot Himself |
| Preceded by | Lucien Lacaze |
| Succeeded by | Georges Clemenceau |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 9 June 1924 – 21 April 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Raoul Péret |
| Succeeded by | Édouard Herriot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1863 Paris |
| Died | 29 October 1933 (aged 69) Paris |
| Political party | PRS |
Paul Painlevé (French: [pɔl pɛ̃ləve]; 5 December 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French mathematician and statesman. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925. His entry into politics came in 1906 after a professorship at the Sorbonne that began in 1892.
His first term as prime minister lasted only nine weeks but dealt with weighty issues, such as the Russian Revolution, the American entry into the war, the failure of the Nivelle Offensive, quelling the French Army Mutinies and relations with the British. In the 1920s as Minister of War he was a key figure in building the Maginot Line. In his second term as prime minister he dealt with the outbreak of rebellion in Syria's Jabal Druze in July 1925 which had excited public and parliamentary anxiety over the general crisis of France's empire.