Émile Chautemps (2 May 1850, in Valleiry, then in the

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– 10 December 1918, in

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) was a French politician.

Life and career

He was Minister of the Colonies from January to November 1895 and Minister of the Navy in June 1914.

Family

His eldest son, Henry, was killed in Senegal in 1904 while helping to arrest a killer. Two other sons were killed during the

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while a third was severely wounded. Another son,

Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps (; 1 February 1885 – 1 July 1963) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister). He was the father-in-law of U.S. politician and statesman Howar ...

, was

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on three occasions.

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*http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=1727 1850 births 1918 deaths People from Haute-Savoie People from the Kingdom of Sardinia Radical Party (France) politicians Ministers of marine Ministers of the colonies of France Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 8th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Haute-Savoie French senators of the Third Republic Senators of Haute-Savoie French general councillors French Freemasons Knights of the Legion of Honour {{HauteSavoie-politician-stub