Louis Malvy | |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1875 |
Birth Place: | Figeac, France |
Occupation: | Politician |
Relatives: | Marcel Peyrouton (son-in-law) |
Louis-Jean Malvy (in French pronounced as /lwi ʒɑ̃ malvi/; 1 December 1875 – 10 June 1949) was the Interior Minister of France in 1914.[1]
Louis-Jean Malvy was born on 1 December 1875 in Figeac.
Malvy was a member of the Radical Party and served in the Chamber of Deputies as representative of Lot from 1906 to 1919 and from 1924 to 1942. He was sub-secretary of state for Justice from 2–23 June 1911 and sub-secretary of state for the Interior and Religion from 27 June 1911 to 14 January 1912.
Malvy was Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts and Telegraphs from 9 December 1913 to 16 March 1914, Interior Minister from 17 March 1914 to 31 August 1917 and from 9 March to 15 June 1926.[2] Along with Joseph Caillaux he was charged with treason in 1918 and was exiled for five years.
Malvy died on 10 June 1949 of a heart attack.[3]