Pierre laval biography
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Pierre Laval
French Politician
Born: June 28, 1883 at Chateldon, Auvergne
Died: October 15, 1945 at Paris
| Premier of France: | January 27, 1931 - February 6, 1932 (1st, 2nd & 3rd cabinets) |
| June 7, 1935 - January 22, 1936 |
Laval entered politics in 1914 winning a seat in the Chamber of Deputies as member of the Socialist SFIO.
Professed pacifism and parliamentary exemption kept him out of World War I. Laval moved to the Right after the war.
Pierre laval biography
He was elected to the Senate in 1927, served as Premier in three short cabinets between January 1931 and February 1932 and again in 1935.
Laval made sharp changes in foreign policy during his tenure as Foreign Minister and Premier in the mid-thirties.
He sought to isolate Germany by rapprochement with Italy but failed thanks in part to British opposition then signed a mutual assistance pact with the Soviet Union. The Popular Front victory in the 1936 election put him out of governm