Joseph Paul-Boncour | |
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Prime Minister of France | |
In office 18 December 1932 – 31 January 1933 | |
President | Albert Lebrun |
Preceded by | Édouard Herriot |
Succeeded by | Édouard Daladier |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher, France | 4 August 1873
Died | 28 March 1972 Paris, France | (aged 98)
Political party | PRS |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Augustin Alfred Joseph Paul-Boncour (French: [ʒozɛf pɔl bɔ̃kuʁ]; 4 August 1873 – 28 March 1972)[1] was a French politician and diplomat of the Third Republic. He was a member of the Republican-Socialist Party (PRS) and served as Prime Minister of France from December 1932 to January 1933. He also served in a number of other government positions during the 1930s and as a Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations in 1936 during his tenure as Minister of State.