Paul Peytral (20 January 1842 – 30 November 1919) was a French politician of the

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 19 ...

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Paul Louis Peytral was born on 20 January 1842 in

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, Bouches-du-Rhône. He was elected deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône on 4 September 1881 on the Radical Republican platform, and was reelected on 18 October 1885, 22 September 1889 and 20 October 1893 on the same platform. Paul Peytral was Minister of Finance from 3 April 1888 to 22 February 1889 in the government of

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was named chief of staff to Peytral in 1888. Peytral was Minister of Finance from 4 April to 3 December 1893 in the government of Charles Dupuy. Peytral was a deputy until 15 January 1894, then served in the

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from 1894 until his death. He was Minister of Finance from 26 June 1898 to 22 June 1899 in the government of

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. Paul Peytral was interior minister from 9–13 June 1914 in the government of

Alexandre Ribot Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot (; 7 February 184213 January 1923) was a French politician, four times Prime Minister. Early career Ribot was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais. After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where h ...

. Paul Peytral died on 30 November 1919 in Marseille.

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