Georges Trouillot
| Georges Marie Denis Gabriel Trouillot | |
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| Minister of the Colonies | |
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In office 28 June 1898 – 26 October 1898 |
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| Preceded by | Gabriel Hanotaux |
| Succeeded by | Florent Guillain |
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Posts | |
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In office 7 June 1902 – 18 January 1905 |
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| Preceded by | Alexandre Millerand |
| Succeeded by | Fernand Dubief |
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Posts | |
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In office 12 November 1905 – 9 March 1906 |
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| Preceded by | Fernand Dubief |
| Succeeded by |
Gaston Doumergue Commerce & Industry) Louis Barthou (PTT) |
| Minister of the Colonies | |
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In office 24 July 1909 – 2 November 1910 |
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| Preceded by | Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix |
| Succeeded by | Jean Morel |
| Personal details | |
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7 May 1851 Champagnole, Jura, France |
| Died | 20 November 1916 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
Georges Marie Denis Gabriel Trouillot (7 May 1851 – 20 November 1916) was a French Radical politician. He played a central role in developing the law of 1901 that governed associations such as agricultural cooperative. He was Minister of the Colonies in 1898 and again in 1909–10. He was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Posts in 1902–05 and again in 1905–06. He published several books, including both poetry and political subjects.
Georges Marie Denis Gabriel Trouillot was born on 7 May 1851 in Champagnole, Jura. He studied classics at the Jesuit college in Dole, then studied law in Lyon. He became an attorney in Lons-le-Saunier. On 2 August 1870 he was appointed sub-lieutenant in the National Mobile Guard of the Jura department. He was one of the founders of the Jura Republican Union. He was a member of the general council of Jura for the canton of Beaufort, then municipal councilor in 1877. He was elected mayor of Lons-le-Saunier. In 1889 he was named president of the Bar.
Trouillot ran in the general election of 1889, and was elected in the first round for the constituency of Lons-le-Saunier. He joined the Union of Progressives and Radical Left in the chamber. He was also elected president of the Jura departmental assembly. He was reelected deputy in 1893 and in 1898. In 1891 Trouillot proposed a law against abortion and contraception. Discussion was long delayed, and the proposal was not passed by the Senate until January 1919.
Trouillot introduced a bill to let anyone who held the degree of licence en droit practice as an avocat, removing the authority of the Order of Advocates to approve new members of their profession. In response, the Paris Order struck him off their register. The case went to court and Trouillot was reinstated on the basis that the disbarment hearings had not followed due process. The decision caused outrage among the leading advocates. Trouillot assisted René Viviani in introduction of the law of 1 December 1900 that allowed women to practice as advocates following a campaign by Jeanne Chauvin, who became the second woman to be admitted to the profession.
The public scandal of the Dreyfus Affair blew up in January 1898 with Émile Zola's publication in L'Aurore of his open letter entitled J'accuse. Trouillot accused the premier Jules Méline of practicing the politics of division. Méline resigned during the debate of 14 June 1898. Trouillot was appointed to the new Radical government formed late that month. He was Minister of the Colonies in the second cabinet of Henri Brisson, and held office from 28 June 1898 to 26 October 1898.
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