| Émile Reinaud | |
| Term Start: | 15 May 1892 |
| Term End: | 20 May 1900 |
| Birth Name: | Alfred Émile Reinaud |
| Birth Date: | 1854 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Vauvert, France |
| Death Place: | Nîmes, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Branch: | French army |
| Rank: | Captain |
Alfred Émile Reinaud (12 March 1854 – 21 November 1924) was a French lawyer, politician and essayist who served as mayor of Nîmes from 1892 to 1900. Reinaud was also a prominent member of the .
Émile Reinaud was born in Vauvert, in the Gard department.[1]
After a secondary education in Nîmes,[2] Reinaud embraced law studies, first at the University of Montpellier,[3] then at the Paris Law Faculty, where he obtained a PhD in 1879.[1] [4]
From 1879, Reinaud worked as lawyer at the court of appeal of Nîmes. A member of the city's bar association, he was also president of the legal aid bureau.
In 1909, he was elected Nîmes' bâtonnier (head of the bar), and reelected in 1910 and 1911.
French historian Raymond Huard cites him as an example of the strong involvement of Nîmes lawyers within the local political community.[5]
In 1891, Reinaud was elected conseiller municipal and vice mayor of Nîmes. The following year, during new municipal elections, Reinaud was elected the city's mayor.[6]
In 1886, Reinaud published the first report on France's 1884 law that authorised the existence of labour syndicates. He also wrote a reference biography on French painter Charles Jalabert, for which he received an award from the Académie française.[7]
In February 1894, Reinaud was elected a member of the, a learned society. He became president of this Académie in 1905[8] (one-year term), and was later chosen to be its perpetual secretary from 1918.[9]
Reinaud married Claire Lombard (1854–1939), a niece to French painter Charles Jalabert, and had three children: Paul, Charlotte, and Hélène. Paul died at 36 from a war injury, while Charlotte died at 10; Hélène was the only one to survive her father.[10]
| Ribbon bar | Honour | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour | 1920[11] | ||
| Officier of the Instruction Publique | 1894 |