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François Piétri was a minister in several governments in the later years of the French Third Republic

French Third Republic

The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...

and was French ambassador to Spain

Spain

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from 1940 to 1944 under the Vichy regime

Vichy France

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Born in Bastia

Bastia

Bastia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It is also the second-largest city in Corsica after Ajaccio and the capital of the department....

, Corsica

Corsica

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to Antoine-Jourdan Piétri, a lawyer and préfecture
Préfecture
A prefecture in France can refer to :*the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a department is located;*the Chef-lieu de région, the town in which the administration of a region is located;...

councilman, and Clorinde Gavini, the daughter of a French National Assembly

French National Assembly

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member. Piétri graduated from the elite Collège Stanislas
Collège Stanislas de Paris
Le Collège Stanislas de Paris is a private Catholic school in Paris, situated on "Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs" in the Montparnasse arrondissement. It has approximately 3,000 students, and is the largest private school in France....

in 1899 and moved on to the École libre des sciences politiques for his university education. He was selected for the French Civil Service

French Civil Service

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in 1906 as an auditor (Inspecteur des finances) and progressed through the ranks to the post of Directeur général des finances du Maroc - Director of Finances for Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

- a role he filled from 1917 to 1924.

In 1924, Piétri was elected to the National Assembly

French National Assembly

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and remained in office there until 1942. During that time, he occupied a number of responsibilities, including:

Undersecretary of State for Finance (Sous-secrétaire d'État aux finances) in 1926
Minister for Colonial Affairs
Minister of Overseas France
The Minister of Overseas France is a cabinet member in the Government of France responsible for overseeing French overseas departments and territories .The position is currently held by Brice Hortefeux, who is also the Minister of the Interior...

(Ministre des colonies) in 1929-1930 and again in 1933
Minister of the Budget (Ministre du budget) in 1931-1932
Defense Minister
Minister of Defence (France)
The Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs is the French government cabinet member charged with running the military of France....

(Ministre de la défense nationale) in 1932
Finance Minister
Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (France)
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(Ministre des finances) for just one week in early 1934
Naval Minister (Ministre de la marine) in 1934-1936
Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones (France)
The Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, to which was later added the charge of Telephones , was, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of the French Postal Service and development of the national telecommunication system.The position was occasionally combined with Minister of...

briefly in 1940 after the German invasion.

He remained involved in French politics during the Nazi occupation of France, becoming the Vichy

Vichy France

ambassador to Spain from 1940 to 1944.

François Piétri died in 1966 in Ajaccio

Ajaccio

Ajaccio , is a commune on the island of Corsica in France. It is the capital and largest city of the region of Corsica and the prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud....

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