- Joseph Caillaux
Infobox Prime Minister
name=Joseph Caillaux
order=75thPrime Minister of France
term_start =27 June 1911
term_end =21 January 1912
predecessor =Ernest Monis
successor =Raymond Poincaré
birth_date =30 March 1863
death_date =21 November/22, 1944
party=NoneJoseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (30 March 1863 - 21 November/22, 1944) was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the
Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911.In 1914 he resigned as Minister of Finance after his wife Henriette shot
Gaston Calmette , the editor of "Le Figaro " newspaper when he threatened to print a letter written by Caillaux that was political dynamite. She was acquitted, however, and Caillaux became the leader of a peace party in the Assembly duringWorld War I . This led to his arrest and trial for treason in 1918. Again rehabilitated after the war, Caillaux served at various times in theleft wing governments of the 1920s.Joseph Caillaux is interred in the
Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.Caillaux's Ministry, 27 June 1911 - 21 January 1912
*Joseph Caillaux - President of the Council and Minister of the Interior and Worship
*Justin de Selves - Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Adolphe Messimy - Minister of War
*Louis-Lucien Klotz - Minister of Finance
*René Renoult - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
*Jean Cruppi - Minister of Justice
*Théophile Delcassé - Minister of Marine
*Théodore Steeg - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
*Jules Pams - Minister of Agriculture
*Albert Lebrun - Minister of Colonies
*Victor Augagneur - Minister of Public Works, Posts, and Telegraphs
*Maurice Couyba - Minister of Commerce and Industry
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