Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu Martin (22 July 1847 – 10 December 1943) was a

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leader and cabinet officer. He was born at

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), and was educated in the law.

Career

He held an under prefecture, entered the Council of State, and in 1894 became director under the Minister of the Colonies. He was an unsuccessful senatorial candidate for Yonne in 1897, was elected deputy for

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in that year, was reelected in 1898 and 1902, and in 1905 became Senator for Yonne. In the Chamber he supported the

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and the Combes ministries, and advocated the separation of church and state. In 1904 he became the leader of the new

group of the

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. In 1905-06 he held the portfolio of Public Instruction in the Rouvier cabinet; he was

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in the Doumergue cabinet in 1913–14, and in the first cabinet organized by

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in June, 1914; and when the War in Europe broke out in 1914, he became Minister of Labor in the second Viviani cabinet, formed August 26 of that year. He died on December 10, 1943, at Saint-Bris.

External links

La Galaxie Sénat - BIENVENU-MARTIN Jean-Baptiste, Ancien sénateur de l'Yonne (French)

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* 1847 births 1943 deaths People from Yonne Politicians from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Radical Party (France) politicians Government ministers of France 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 French senators of the Third Republic Senators of Yonne Ministers of justice of France {{France-politician-RPV-stub