He formed the first government of the Fourth Republic: Who is Paul Ramadier?
After Nazi Germany defeated France in 1940, he opposed the granting of full authority to Philippe Pétain, the leader of the Germany-dependent puppet regime established in Vichy, France, and joined the French Resistance and took part in the resistance ranks under the pseudonym Violette.
French jurist and former prime minister Paul Ramadier. He was born on March 17, 1888 in La Rochelle. (Died: October 14, 1961, Rodez)
He graduated from the Department of Law of the University of Toulouse and started his career as a lawyer in Paris. Paul Ramadier received his doctorate in Roman Law in 1911. He went to the front in the First World War in 1914, was seriously injured while he was an infantry sergeant, and became a veteran and received a medal.
After the war, he joined the Republican Socialist Union. In 1936, he was appointed as the Undersecretary for Mineral Resources. In 1938 he briefly became Minister of Labor in the government of Édouard Daladier. While he was at the Ministry of Labor, he advocated positive regulations in the field of workers' rights.
The son of a psychiatrist, Ramadier graduated in law from the University of Toulouse and started his profession as a lawyer in Paris. Then, in 1911, he gained his doctorate in Roman law. He became the mayor of Decazeville in 1919 and served as the first Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic in 1947. Paul Ramadier (17 March 1888 – 14 October 1961) was a French statesman.
After Nazi Germany defeated France in 1940, he opposed the granting of full authority to Philippe Pétain, the leader of the Germany-dependent puppet regime established in Vichy, France, and joined the French Resistance and took part in the resistance ranks under the pseudonym Violette. He was named Righteous Among the Nations for his actions to save Jews during World War II and the Holocaust. (List of the Righteous Among the Nations)
He served as Minister of Supply between 1944 and 1945. He served as the Minister of Justice between 1946 and 1947.
After the adoption of the Constitution of the Fourth Republic in 1947, he established the first government of the Fourth Republic and served as prime minister for a short time between 22 January 1947 and 19 November 1947, taking his place among the legal French Prime Ministers.
He then continued to work in various cabins. He became Minister of Defense between 1948-1949 and Minister of Economy and Finance between 1956-1957. He served as the representative of the French government at the International Labor Organization between 1948 and 1961. He died on October 14, 1961.