Joseph Caillaux

Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (March 30, 1863 - November 21/22, 1944) was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911.

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March 30 - 1863 - November 21 - 22 - 1944 - Third Republic - Radicals - 1911 - 1912 - Second Moroccan Crisis

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In 1914 he resigned as Minister of Finance after his wife Henriette shot Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro newspaper when he threatened to print a letter written by Caillaux that was political dynamite. She was acquitted, however, and Caillaux became the leader of a peace party in the Assembly during World War I. This led to his arrest and trial for treason in 1918. Again rehabilitated after the war, Caillaux served at various times in the left wing governments of the 1920s.

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1914 - Henriette - Gaston Calmette - Le Figaro - World War I - 1918 - 1920s

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Joseph Caillaux is interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

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