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Henri Chéron

Henry Frédéric Chéron
Henry Chéron 1921.jpg
Chéron in 1921
Minister of Labor and Social Security
In office
22 March 1913 – 9 December 1913
Preceded by René Besnard
Succeeded by Albert Métin
Minister of Agriculture
In office
15 January 1922 – 29 March 1924
Preceded by Edmond Lefebvre du Prey
Succeeded by Joseph Capus
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
14 September 1928 – 11 November 1928
Preceded by Maurice Bokanowski
Succeeded by Georges Bonnefous
Minister of Finance
In office
11 November 1928 – 21 February 1930
Preceded by Raymond Poincaré
Succeeded by Charles Dumont
Minister of Justice
In office
17 November 1930 – 22 January 1931
Preceded by Raoul Péret
Succeeded by Léon Bérard
Minister of Finance
In office
18 December 1932 – 31 January 1933
Preceded by Louis Germain-Martin
Succeeded by Georges Bonnet
Minister of Justice
In office
9 February 1934 – 14 October 1934
Preceded by Eugène Penancier
Succeeded by Henry Lémery
Personal details
Born (1867-05-11)11 May 1867
Lisieux, Calvados, France
Died 14 April 1936(1936-04-14) (aged 68)
Lisieux, Calvados, France
Nationality French
Occupation Lawyer, politician

Henry Frédéric Chéron (11 May 1867 – 14 April 1936) was a French lawyer and politician who became active in local politics in the Calvados department of Normandy while still a young man, and always maintained his roots in Normandy. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and then to the Senate, and held various ministerial posts between 1913 and 1934. He generally held moderately conservative views, believed in fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets, and felt strongly that agriculture was the foundation of France's prosperity.

Henry Frédéric Chéron was born on 11 May 1867 at Lisieux, Calvados. His father, Isidore-Frédéric Chéron (born in 1843), was a sales representative. His mother was Felicie Duval (1844–1912). Henry Chéron worked as a technician in a pharmacy to earn money to attend law school. On 8 July 1889 he married Marie-Louise Fauguet, daughter of a large landowner of Calvados. They had two sons. Henry Chéron obtained a degree in Law in 1891.

Chéron was mayor of Lisieux, Calvados from 1894 to 1936, and General Councillor for the canton of Lisieux from 1901 to 1936. He was a moderate conservative. He was an affable and approachable leader. He was one of the first mayors in Normandy to apply the restrictions to drinking establishments authorized by the law of 1880. He opened a municipal abattoir in order to reduce the cost of meat to the people of Lisieux. Chéron was president of the general council of Calvados from 1911 to 1936. Chéron ran for election as deputy for Calvados on four occasions in 1893, 1896, 1898 and 1902, but although his views were moderate he was not sufficiently conservative for the electorate.

Chéron ran successfully for election as deputy for the 1st district of Caen on 6 May 1906. He was reelected as deputy on 24 April 1910. Chéron was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War on 25 October 1906 in the cabinet of Georges Clemenceau. He was popular for his attempts to improve the living conditions of the troops. In the first cabinet of Aristide Briand, formed on 24 July 1909, he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Navy. He undertook an administrative reorganization, and tried to mediate an end to a strike of enlisted seamen.

On 2 November 1910 the cabinet was dissolved and Chéron left the government. He joined the radical left, and presented five bills on social issues. He was chosen to report on many financial projects, and to present the general report on the budget in 1911, 1912 and 1913. On 23 January 1913 he presented and defended a vote of confidence in the Briand government. Chéron was an honorary president of the French consultative committee to the first International Eugenics Conference in London in 1912.


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