Jules Develle (; 12 April 1845 – 30 October 1919) was a French politician.
Biography
He was born in
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc (), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, ...
to Claude Charles Develle, an insurance agent, and Anne Marguerite Rousselot.
Develle Genealogy
/ref> He studied law and became a lawyer. He discovered his passion for political activity as a secretary of Jules Grévy
François Judith Paul Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891), known as Jules Grévy (), was a French people, French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887. He was a leader of the Opportunist Republicans, M ...
. He was then appointed prefect but he was removed later on because of his political thoughts (1877). He held 13 cabinet posts during the Third Republic including Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Foreign Affairs
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...
in 1893. increasing the influence of France in Indochina, and also participating in the end of the alliance between France and Russia.
Later, once more a simple deputy, he opposed socialism and income tax. In 1898 he lost an election to the antisemitic nationalist , victim of the fallout of the Dreyfus affair, and another in 1899, even more soundly, to another anti-Dreyfus candidate in Louviers
Louviers () is a Communes of France, commune in the Eure Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in north-western France.
Louviers is from Paris and from Rouen.
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He died in Paris in 1919.
Bibliography
*''La carrière politique des frères Develle'' (The Political Career of the Develle Brothers), Bulletin des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie de la Meuse, (ISSN 0525-1249), n°14 (1977)
*''Jules Develle'', in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, ''Dictionnaire des parlementaires français'', Edgar Bourloton, 1889-1891
*''Jules Develle'', Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1889-1940), Jean Jolly, ed, 1960
*Jean El Gammal, François Roth and Jean-Claude Delbreil, ''Dictionnaire des Parlementaires lorrains de la Troisième République'', Metz, Serpenoise, 2006 (ISBN 2-87692-620-2, OCLC 85885906, p. 210
* Marcela Hennlichova, ''Quai d’Orsay Led by an Amateur? Revealing the Unknown'' – Jules Develle. The International History Review, 2024, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2024.2393644
* Marcela Hennlichova, Jules Develle and the Paknam Incident of 1893. Archiv orientální 2023, 91/1, 113-141. https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.91.1.113-141
References
1845 births
1919 deaths
People from Bar-le-Duc
Politicians of the French Third Republic
Ministers of agriculture of France
Foreign ministers of France
Ministers of justice of France
Senators of Meuse (department)
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