Pierre-Étienne Flandin

Pierre-Étienne Flandin (; 12 April 1889 – 13 June 1958) was a French conservative politician of the Third Republic, leader of the Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD), and Prime Minister of France from 1934 to 1935.

A military pilot during World War I, Flandin held a number of cabinet posts during the interwar period. He was Minister of Commerce, under the premiership of Frédéric François-Marsal, for just five days in 1924. He was Minister of Commerce and Industry in the premierships of André Tardieu in 1931 and 1932. Between those posts, he served under Pierre Laval as Finance Minister. In 1934 (6 February to 8 November), he was Minister of Public Works in the second cabinet of Gaston Doumergue. He became Prime Minister in November 1934, but his premiership lasted only until June 1935. However, a number of important pacts were negotiated during his term: the Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, the Stresa Front and the Franco-Soviet Pact. Flandin was, at 45, the youngest prime minister in French history.

Flandin was the French Foreign Minister when Adolf Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht to reoccupy the Rhineland on 7 March 1936. Supporting appeasement during the Munich crisis hurt his career. In December 1940, Vichy Chief of State Philippe Pétain appointed Flandin Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister on 13 December 1940, replacing Pierre Laval. He occupied that position for only two months.

He was ousted by François Darlan in January 1941.

A street in Avallon was named in his honour. In May 2017, it was renamed in honour of the murdered British MP, Jo Cox.

Flandin's ministry, 8 November 1934 – 1 June 1935

Pierre Étienne Flandin – President of the Council

Georges Pernot – Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice

Pierre Laval – Minister of Foreign Affairs

Louis Maurin – Minister of War

Marcel Régnier – Minister of the Interior

Louis Germain-Martin – Minister of Finance

Paul Jacquier – Minister of Labour

François Piétri – Minister of Military Marine

William Bertrand – Minister of Merchant Marine

Victor Denain – Minister of Air

André Mallarmé – Minister of National Education

Georges Rivollet – Minister of Pensions

Émile Casset – Minister of Agriculture

Louis Rollin – Minister of Colonies

Henri Roy – Minister of Public Works

Henri Queuille – Minister of Public Health and Physical Education

Georges Mandel – Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones

Paul Marchandeau – Minister of Commerce and Industry

Édouard Herriot – Minister of State

Louis Marin – Minister of State

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1889 births

1958 deaths

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Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic

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