Pierre Mathé (1882-1956) was a French conservative agrarian politician.

Early life

Pierre Mathé was born on 1 August 1882 in Giry, rural France.National Assembly: Pierre Mathé
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Career

Mathé joined the

French Agrarian and Peasant Party The French Agrarian and Peasant Party (, PAPF) was a French political party founded in 1927 during the French Third Republic by Gabriel Fleurent. The PAPF was founded on a corporatist, right-wing populist and agrarian program after Fleurent vi ...

, an agrarian conservative political party, and became its President. He served as a member of the

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for 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.

from 1936 to 1942. He co-authored ''Le manifeste paysan: essai d'une doctrine humaniste appliquée à l'agriculture française'' with François de Clermont-Tonnerre, published in 1937. On 10 July 1940, Mathé voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal

Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (; 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Marshal Pétain (, ), was a French marshal who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Collaboration with Nazi Ger ...

authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France durin ...

and establishing

Vichy France Vichy France (; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of the French capitulation after the Battle of France, ...

. In November 1941, he was made a member of the National Council of

. Informations générales France. Ministère de l'intérieur

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Death

He died on 3 June 1956 in Paris, France.

References

1882 births 1956 deaths People from Nièvre French Agrarian and Peasant Party politicians Members of the 16th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Côte-d'Or Members of the National Council of Vichy France People convicted of indignité nationale {{CôteOr-politician-stub