Théodore Steeg
Théodore Steeg | |
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| Minister of State | |
| In office 13 March 1938 – 10 April 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Léon Blum |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 | |
| President | Gaston Doumergue |
| Preceded by | André Tardieu |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Laval |
| Minister of the Colonies | |
| In office 18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | François Piétri |
| Succeeded by | Paul Reynaud |
| In office 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Marius Moutet |
| Succeeded by | Marius Moutet |
| Resident-General in Morocco | |
| In office 4 October 1925 – 1 January 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Henri Gouraud |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Saint |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930 | |
| Prime Minister | Camille Chautemps |
| Preceded by | Lucien Hubert |
| Succeeded by | Camille Chautemps |
| In office 17 April 1925 – 4 October 1925 | |
| Prime Minister | Paul Painlevé |
| Preceded by | René Renoult |
| Succeeded by | Anatole de Monzie |
| Governor-General of Algeria | |
| In office 28 July 1921 – 17 April 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Abel |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Viollette |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 20 January 1920 – 16 January 1921 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexandre Millerand Georges Leygues |
| Preceded by | Jules Pams |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Marraud |
| In office 1 September 1917 – 16 November 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Paul Painlevé |
| Preceded by | Louis Malvy |
| Succeeded by | Jules Pams |
| In office 14 January 1912 – 21 January 1913 | |
| Prime Minister | Raymond Poincaré |
| Preceded by | Joseph Caillaux |
| Succeeded by | Aristide Briand |
| Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts | |
| In office 20 March 1917 – 12 September 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexandre Ribot |
| Preceded by | René Viviani |
| Succeeded by | Charles Daniel-Vincent |
| In office 21 January 1913 – 22 March 1913 | |
| Prime Minister | Aristide Briand |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Guist'hau |
| Succeeded by | Louis Barthou |
| In office 2 March 1911 – 14 January 1912 | |
| Prime Minister | Joseph Caillaux |
| Preceded by | Maurice Faure |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Guist'hau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1868 Libourne, Gironde, France |
| Died | 19 December 1950 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Political party | Radical |
Théodore Steeg (French: [teodɔʁ stɛɡ]; 19 December 1868 – 19 December 1950) was a lawyer and professor of philosophy who became Prime Minister of France.
Steeg entered French politics in 1904 as a radical socialist, although his views were generally moderate. He was a Deputy of the Seine from 1904 to 1914 and Senator from 1914 to 1944. At different times he was Minister of Higher Education, Interior, Justice and Colonies. In the 1920s he was in charge of the colonial administrations first of Algeria and then of Morocco. He encouraged irrigation projects to provide land for French colons at a time of growing demands for political and economic rights from the indigenous people, accompanied by growing unrest. Steeg was briefly prime minister in 1930–1931.