Education
Paris Law Faculty.
politician president prime minister senator
Paris Law Faculty.
Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as Prime Minister from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914. He held the portfolio for the colonies through the ministries of Viviani and Briand until the Ribot ministry of March, 1917, when he was sent to Russia to persuade the Kerensky government not to make a separate peace with Germany and Austria.
He served until 13 June 1931, and again was Prime Minister in a conservative national unity government, following the riots of 6 February 1934.
This government lasted from 6 February to 8 November 1934. He was widely regarded as one of the most popular French Presidents, particularly after highly controversial Alexandre Millerand, who was his predecessor.
Doumergue was single when elected, and became the first President of France to marry in office. Gaston Doumergue – President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Joseph Noulens – Minister of War
René Renoult – Minister of the Interior
Joseph Caillaux – Minister of Finance
Albert Métin – Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin – Minister of Justice
Ernest Monis – Minister of the Marine
René Viviani – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
Maurice Raynaud – Minister of Agriculture
Albert Lebrun – Minister of Colonies
Fernand David – Minister of Public Works
Louis Malvy – Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs
Changes
17 March 1914 – René Renoult succeeds Caillaux as Finance Minister.
Louis Malvy succeeds Renoult as Minister of the Interior.
Raoul Péret succeeds Malvy as Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs. 20 March 1914 – Armand Gauthier de l"Aude succeeds Monis as Minister of Marine. Gaston Doumergue – President of the Council
Louis Barthou – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Philippe Pétain – Minister of War
Albert Sarraut – Minister of the Interior
Louis Germain-Martin – Minister of Finance
Adrien Marquet – Minister of Labour
Henri Chéron – Minister of Justice
François Piétri – Minister of Military Marine
William Bertrand – Minister of Merchant Marine
Victor Denain – Minister of Air
Aimé Berthod – Minister of National Education
Georges Rivollet – Minister of Pensions
Henri Queuille – Minister of Agriculture
Pierre Laval – Minister of Colonies
Pierre Étienne Flandin – Minister of Public Works
Louis Marin – Minister of Public Health and Physical Education
André Mallarmé – Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
Lucien Lamoureux – Minister of Commerce and Industry
Édouard Herriot – Minister of State
André Tardieu – Minister of State
Changes
13 October 1934 – Pierre Laval succeeds Barthou (assassinated 9 October) as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Paul Marchandeau succeeds Sarraut as Minister of the Interior.
Louis Rollin succeeds Laval as Minister of Colonies. 15 October 1934 – Henri Lémery succeeds Chéron as Minister of Justice.