Jacques Bardoux Explained

Jacques Bardoux
Birth Name:Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux
Birth Date:27 May 1874
Birth Place:Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France
Death Place:Saint-Saturnin, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Education:Lycée Condorcet
Lycée Janson de Sailly
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Henriette Marie Geneviève Picot
Parents:Agénor Bardoux
Sophie Bimar
Relatives:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (grandson)

Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux (27 May 1874 – 15 August 1959) was a French politician.

In the 1930s the Comité des forges published the Bulletin de la société d'études et d'information, edited by Émile Mireaux and then by Jacques Bardoux.Bardoux served as a member of the French Senate from 1938 to 1944, and as a member of the National Assembly from 1945 to 1955, representing Puy-de-Dôme.[1]

On 10 July 1940, he voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France. In 1941, he became a member of the National Council of Vichy France.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BARDOUX Jacques. French Senate. July 10, 2016.