Louis Loucheur (12 August 1872 in

Roubaix Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, depar ...

, Nord – 22 November 1931 in Paris) was a French politician in the Third Republic, at first a member of the conservative Republican Federation, then of the Democratic Republican Alliance and of the

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. Harold Nicolson, in "Curzon The Last Phase 1919-1921," wrote, in his biographical footnote on Loucheur, "one of the most reasonable and intelligent of French post-war experts; not a politician."

Life

Coming from a background in the arms industry, Loucheur became Minister of Armaments in September 1917. He was administrator of Tréfileries et Laminoirs du Havre (TLH) when he was appointed Minister of Armaments. He replaced Albert Thomas and served as armaments minister until 26 November, 1918 when he became Minister of Industrial Re-construction where he remained until 20 January, 1920. He was the principal economic advisor for Georges Clemenceau at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The product of this conference was the controversial

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allies of World War I, Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace ...

. He was Minister of Liberated Regions from 16 January 1921 to 15 January 1922 in the 7th cabinet of

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. Loucheur was briefly Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs under

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in 1924. He also served as Minister of Finance in Briand's seventh Government during 1925 and 1926. In Édouard Herriot's Second Ministry Loucheur served as Minister of Commerce and Industry and from June 1928 to February 1930. He succeeded Maurice Bokanowski, who had died in an air accident. He then served again under Poincaré as Minister of Labour, Hygiene, Welfare Work, and Social Security Provisions.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loucheur, Louis 1872 births 1931 deaths People from Roubaix French Protestants Politicians from Hauts-de-France Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Independent Radical politicians Ministers of commerce, industry, posts, and telegraphs of France Finance ministers of France Ministers of liberated regions of France Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic École Polytechnique alumni Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery