François Binet (4 May 1880 – 2 December 1930) was a French politician. He served as

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from April to July 1926 in

Aristide Briand Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (; 28 March 18627 March 1932) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic. He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues and reconciliat ...

's ninth government. He was a member of the

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from 1908 to 1928.

Biography

François Alfred Binet (4 May 1880 – 2 December 1930) was a French

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and

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affiliated with the Radical-Socialist Party. Born in Bonnat, Creuse, he earned a law degree and began his legal career at the

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before practicing at the

Guéret Guéret (; Occitan: ''Garait'') is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography Guéret is a light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland a ...

bar. Binet entered politics as a district councilor in 1907 and was elected deputy for Creuse in a 1908 by-election. He served in the

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from 1908 to 1914 and again from 1919 to 1928. During

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, exempted from

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due to a hunting accident, he contributed to the war effort as

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of the

Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.

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and undertook a mission to the

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in 1915 to study and monitor German propaganda. Appointed Minister of Agriculture in Aristide Briand's ninth government, he held the position from April to July 1926. After losing his

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in 1928, Binet became mayor of Bonnat in 1929 and was elected senator for

Creuse Creuse (; or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the east, Cor ...

in January 1930. He died suddenly in Paris on 2 December 1930 at the age of 50.https://tylerwolanin.com/blog/2019/8/16/what-i-am-reading-a-taste-for-intrigue-the-multiple-lives-of-franois-mitterrand-by-philip-short

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* Jean Joly (ed.), ''Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1889-1940)'', PUF, 1960 {{Authority control Members of the 9th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic 1930 deaths Ministers of agriculture of France French senators of the Third Republic 20th-century French lawyers Members of the 10th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic 1880 births