Alexandre Israël (25 November 1868 – 23 August 1937) was a French politician who was a deputy from 1919 to 1924, then a senator from 1927 to 1937. He was Minister of Health in 1932–33.

Life

Alexandre Israël was born in

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on 25 November 1868. He was raised in

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. He became a journalist at the age of seventeen, and soon became chief editor of the ''Eclaireur de l'Est''. He worked as political director for a large news agency and for a newspaper in Paris. He then worked with Gaston Arbouin, deputy for the

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, on the ''Petit Troyen''. He became director of this newspaper in 1907 on the death of Arbouin, and remained with it for the rest of his life. Israël was elected deputy for the Aube on the Republican Union list on 16 November 1919. He was defeated in the elections of 11 May 1924. However,

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appointed him secretary-general of the presidency of the council from 14 June 1924 to 17 April 1925, director of the office of the president of the Chamber of Deputies from 22 April 1925 to 19 July 1926, and again secretary-general of the presidency of the council from 19–23 July 1926. He was chief of staff of the office of the Minister of Education in the second cabinet of

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from 23 July 1926. Israël was defeated in the second round of a 1927 by-election for senator for the Aube. In another Senate by-election on 25 September 1927 he was elected in the second round. He was reelected on 20 October 1929 and held office until his death. Herriot appointed him under-secretary of state for the Interior from 3 June 1932 to 18 December 1932, and he retained this position in the cabinet of

Joseph Paul-Boncour Augustin Alfred Joseph Paul-Boncour (; 4 August 1873 – 28 March 1972) was a French politician and diplomat of the Third Republic. He was a member of the Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) and served as Prime Minister of France from December 19 ...

until 31 January 1933. In these two cabinets he served under

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 ...

, the Minister of the Interior. Israël was appointed

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

in the Chautemps cabinet from 26 November 1933 to 30 January 1934. He died of heart disease in Paris on 23 August 1937.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Israel, Alexandre 1868 births 1937 deaths Politicians from Algiers People of French Algeria Jewish French politicians Radical Party (France) politicians Ministers of health of France Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic French senators of the Third Republic Senators of Aube