Pierre Cathala (1888 – 1947) was a French politician. He served as the French Minister of Finance from 1942 to 1944.
Early life
Pierre Cathala was born on 22 September 1888 in
Montfort-sur-Meu
Montfort-sur-Meu (, literally ''Montfort on Meu''; br, Moñforzh) is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany in the northwest of France.
It is noted as the birthplace of the Roman Catholic Saint Louis de Montfort, who is c ...
,
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
, France.
He was educated at the
Lycée Saint-Louis
The lycée Saint-Louis is a highly selective post-secondary school located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, in the Latin Quarter. It is the only public French lycée exclusively dedicated to providing '' classes préparatoires aux grandes ...
, and in
Bayonne
Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine r ...
where he became friends with
Pierre Laval
Pierre Jean Marie Laval (; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France from 27 January 1931 to 20 February 1932 and 7 June 1935 to 24 January 1936. He again occ ...
.
Career
Cathala served as the French Minister of Finance from 1942 to 1944.
Personal life
Cathala married Mathilde Henriette Lagrange.
They had two sons, François and Jean-Claude, and a daughter, Renée.
Death
Cathala died on 27 July 1947 in Paris, France.
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1888 births
1947 deaths
People from Ille-et-Vilaine
Politicians from Brittany
Radical Party (France) politicians
Social and Radical Left politicians
Independent Radical politicians
French Ministers of Finance
Government ministers of France
Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 15th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
People of Vichy France
French military personnel of World War I
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
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