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Jules Méline
Méline in 1915
Prime Minister of France
In office 29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898
President	Félix Faure
Preceded by	Léon Bourgeois
Succeeded by	Henri Brisson
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 4 April 1888 – 11 November 1889
Preceded by	Charles Floquet
Succeeded by	Charles Floquet
Personal details
Born	20 May 1838 Remiremont, Kingdom of France
Died	21 December 1925(1925-12-21) (aged 87) Paris, France
Political party	Progressive Republican (1870–1903) Republican Federation (1903–1910s)

Félix Jules Méline (French: [ʒyl melin]; 20 May 1838 – 21 December 1925) was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898.

Biography

Méline was born at Remiremont. Having taken up law as his profession, he was chosen a deputy in 1872, and in 1879 he was for a short time Under-Secretary to the Minister of the Interior. In 1880 he came to the fore as the leading spokesman of the party which favoured the protection of French industries, and he had a considerable share in fashioning the protectionist legislation of the years 1890–1902. From 1883 to 1885, Méline was Minister for Agriculture, and in 1888–1889 he was President of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1896 he became Premier (Président du Conseil) and Minister for Agriculture. His tenure in these roles ended in 1898, after losing the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies following the 1898 French legislative election, being succeeded as Premier by Henri Brisson.

At one time he edited La République francaise, and after his retirement from public life he wrote Le Retour de la terre et Ia surproduction industrielle, tout en faveur de l'agriculture (1905).

The French protectionist measure of 1892, the Méline tariff, is named after him.

Méline's Ministry

Méline's Ministry, 29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898:

• Jules Méline – President of the Council and Minister of Agriculture
• Gabriel Hanotaux – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Jean-Baptiste Billot – Minister of War
• Louis Barthou – Minister of the Interior
• Georges Cochery – Minister of Finance
• Jean-Baptiste Darlan – Minister of Justice
• Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard – Minister of Marine
• Alfred Rambaud – Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship
• André Lebon – Minister of Colonies
• Adolphe Turrel – Minister of Public Works
• Henry Boucher – Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs

Changes

• 26 September 1896 – Jean-Baptiste Darlan succeeds Rambaud as Minister of Worship, remaining also Minister of Justice. Rambaud remains Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts.
• 1 December 1897 – Victor Milliard succeeds Darlan as Minister of Justice and Worship.
• 31 May 1898 – Gabriel Hanotaux succeeds Lebon as interim Minister of Colonies, remaining also Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Notes

1. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 94.
2. Passmore, Kevin (November 2012). "4 The Ralliement (1890–1898)". The Right in France from the Third Republic to Vichy (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford Academic. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658206.003.0004. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
3. Gildea, Robert. Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799–1914. London: Penguin UK. p. 275.
4. Michael S. Smith, "The Méline Tariff as Social Protection: Rhetoric or Reality?" International Review of Social History (1992) 37 : pp 230-243

References

• [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Méline, Félix Jules". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 94.

External links

• Jules Méline at Find a Grave

• 1838 births
• 1925 deaths
• People from Remiremont
• Politicians from Grand Est
• Progressive Republicans (France)
• Republican Federation politicians
• Prime ministers of France
• Ministers of agriculture of France
• Members of the National Assembly (1871)
• Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (France)
• Members of the 1st Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
• Members of the 2nd Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
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• French senators of the Third Republic
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