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Jules Develle (; 12 April 1845 – 30 October 1919) was a French politician.


Biography

He was born in
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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
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. 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
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, Minister of Agriculture and
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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
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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) {{Meuse-politician-stub