Charles Reibel
| Charles Reibel | |
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| Minister of the Liberated Regions | |
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In office 15 January 1922 – 29 March 1924 |
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| Prime Minister | Raymond Poincaré |
| Preceded by | Louis Loucheur |
| Succeeded by | Louis Marin (politician) |
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| Born |
29 December 1882 Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France |
| Died | 26 June 1966 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Charles Reibel (29 December 1882 – 26 June 1966) was a French lawyer and politician who was a deputy from 1919 to 1935 and senator from 1936 to 1944. He was Minister of the Liberated Regions from 1922 to 1924, responsible for efforts to restore the area of northern France that had been devastated by the trench warfare of World War I (1914–18). He was against appeasement of Germany before the start of World War II (1939–45) and in favor of stronger defenses and greater armament. However, after the collapse of resistance when Germany invaded France in 1940 he became convinced of the necessity for an armistice to prevent France from again being devastated, and supported the formation of the Vichy government under Marshal Philippe Pétain.
Charles Reibel was born on 29 December 1882 in Vesoul, Haute-Saône. His father was an intern in the Strasbourg hospital, grandson of a notary in Rhinau, Bas-Rhin. His mother's family was from Lorraine. He attended the lycée in Nancy for his secondary education, then studied at the faculty of law in Nancy, gaining a doctorate in law. He entered the Paris bar as secretary of the conference. He was an attaché to Raymond Poincaré until Poincaré was elected President of France. He ran unsuccessfully for election to the legislature in 1914.
During World War I (1914–18) Reibel was not required to serve but volunteered. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the cross of knight of the Legion of Honour and the rank of sous-intendant of the 41st Infantry Division. On 10 July 1915 he was attached to the office of Joseph Thierry, Under Secretary of State for War.
On 16 November 1919 Reibel was elected deputy for Seine-et-Oise on the list of the National Democratic Union. On 20 January 1920 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State to the President of the Council, holding office in the cabinets of Alexandre Millerand and Georges Leygues until 16 January 1921. Reibel was reported to be in favor of a proposal by the Musée social supporting "the principle of complete equality [of men and women] for all functions, in ministries and central administrations and all departmental and communal administrations, at all levels of the hierarchy."
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