Louis Marin (politician)
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Louis Marin in 1932
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| Minister for the Liberated Regions | |
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In office 29 March 1924 – 14 June 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Reibel |
| Succeeded by | Victor Dalbiez |
| Minister of Pensions | |
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In office 23 July 1926 – 11 November 1928 |
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| Preceded by | Georges Bonnet |
| Succeeded by | Louis Antériou |
| Minister of Health and Physical Education | |
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In office 9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934 |
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| Preceded by | Émile Lisbonne |
| Succeeded by | Henri Queuille |
| Minister of State | |
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In office 8 November 1934 – 24 January 1936 |
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| Minister of State | |
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In office 10 May 1940 – 16 June 1940 |
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| Personal details | |
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7 February 1871 Faulx, Meurthe, France |
| Died | 23 May 1960 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
Louis Marin (7 February 1871 – 23 May 1960) was a French politician who was Minister for the Liberated Regions in 1924, Minister of Pensions (Veteran Affairs) in 1926–28 and Minister of Health in 1934.
Louis Marin was born on 7 February 1871 in Faulx, Meurthe. a small village in the part of Lorraine that remained French after the settlement of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. His father was a notary. His mother died during his birth. He attended the Malgrange College, near Nancy, then studied in the Faculty of Law of Nancy before moving to Paris, where he settled in the Latin Quarter. Marin was an avid reader and also had a love of travel. He visited Germany in 1891 and Romania and Serbia the next year, then Algeria. In 1893 he joined the Society of Ethnography that Claude Bernard had founded. He became a permanent member in 1900 and president of the society in 1920.
In 1899 Marin visited Greece, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Armenia, Turkestan, Central Asia and Western China. In 1901 he traveled in Siberia, Manchuria, Korea and northern China. Marin was present when the Summer Palace in Beijing was looted and burned. In 1902 he visited Spain and Portugal, and in 1903 visited Asia Minor. In all his travels Marin wanted to apply the concepts of Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play and the Ecole d'économie sociale in studying societies. He became involved in the School of Anthropology that Paul Broca had established in 1876, and from 1923 was director of this school.
In 1903 Marin was one of the founding members of the Republican Federation (Fédération républicaine). He was a lifelong member of this organization, which became the Entente démocratique in 1914 and the Union républicaine démocratique in 1924. In 1924 he was elected president of the group, and in 1925 president of the party. In October 1905 he ran successfully for election as a deputy for the first district of Nancy in a by-election. He was reelected in the same constituency in each election up to World War II. In 1910 he was elected to represent the canton of Nomény in the general cpuncil of Meurthe-et-Moselle. He was president of the general council for eighteen years. Marin was extremely active in parliament, involved in many committees and initiating many bills or resolutions. Although his party was right-wing, his political stance was generally moderate and liberal. In 1914 Marin volunteered for the 24th battalion of chasseurs, but returned to sit in the legislature.
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