Paul Jacquier

Paul Jacquier was a French senator.
On 10 July 1940, he voted as a Senator in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

Positions

MP of Haute-Savoie from 1909 to 1919 and from 1924 to 1935
Senator of Haute-Savoie from 1935 to 1940
Undersecretary of State for Fine Arts on Dec. 9 1913 to 9 June 1914 in the government of Gaston Doumergue
Undersecretary of State for the Interior on June 14, 1914, to October 29, 1915, in the governments of René Viviani and René Viviani
Undersecretary of State for Finance of 19 to 23 July 1926 in the government of Edouard Herriot
Minister of Labour on November 8, 1934, at 1 June 1935 in the government of Pierre-Étienne Flandin
Minister of Agriculture from 1 to 7 June 1935 in the government of Fernand Bouisson