Jules Méline
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Félix Jules Méline was a French statesman, prime minister from 1896 to 1898.
. Having taken up law as his profession, he was chosen a deputy in 1872, and in 1879 he was for a short time under-secretary to the minister of the interior. In 1880 he came to the front as the leading spokesman of the party which favoured the protection of French industries, and he had a considerable share in fashioning the protectionist legislation of the years 1890–1902. From 1883 to 1885 Méline was minister for agriculture, and in 1888–1889 he was president of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1896 he became premier (président du conseil) and minister for agriculture, offices which he vacated in 1898.
At one time he edited La République francaise, and after his retirement from public life he wrote Le Retour de la terre et Ia surproduction industrielle, tout en faveur de l'agriculture (1905).
The introduction of French protectionist measure of 1892 is named after him, the Méline tariff.
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Biography
Méline was born at RemiremontRemiremont
Remiremont is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.Inhabitants are called Romarimontains.-Geography:Remiremont is located on the Moselle, close to its confluence with the Moselotte, southeast of Épinal...
. Having taken up law as his profession, he was chosen a deputy in 1872, and in 1879 he was for a short time under-secretary to the minister of the interior. In 1880 he came to the front as the leading spokesman of the party which favoured the protection of French industries, and he had a considerable share in fashioning the protectionist legislation of the years 1890–1902. From 1883 to 1885 Méline was minister for agriculture, and in 1888–1889 he was president of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1896 he became premier (président du conseil) and minister for agriculture, offices which he vacated in 1898.
At one time he edited La République francaise, and after his retirement from public life he wrote Le Retour de la terre et Ia surproduction industrielle, tout en faveur de l'agriculture (1905).
The introduction of French protectionist measure of 1892 is named after him, the Méline tariff.
Méline's Ministry, 29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898
- Jules Méline – President of the Council and Minister of Agriculture
- Gabriel HanotauxGabriel HanotauxAlbert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux was a French statesman and historian.-Biography:...
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– Minister of Finance - Jean-Baptiste Darlan – Minister of Justice
- Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard – Minister of Marine
- Alfred Rambaud – Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship
- André Lebon – Minister of Colonies
- Adolphe Turrel – Minister of Public Works
- Henry Boucher – Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs
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- 26 September 1896 – Jean-Baptiste Darlan succeeds Rambaud as Minister of Worship, remaining also Minister of Justice. Rambaud remains Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts.
- 1 December 1897 – Victor Milliard succeeds Darlan as Minister of Justice and Worship.
- 31 May 1898 – Gabriel HanotauxGabriel HanotauxAlbert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux was a French statesman and historian.-Biography:...
succeeds Lebon as interim Minister of Colonies, remaining also Minister of Foreign Affairs.