Émile Chautemps
Émile Chautemps (2 May 1850, in Valleiry, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia – 10 December 1918, in Paris) was a French politician.
Life and career
He was Minister of the Colonies from January to November 1895 and Minister of the Navy in June 1914.
Family
His eldest son, Henry, was killed in Senegal in 1904 while helping to arrest a killer. Two other sons were killed during the First World War while a third was severely wounded. Another son, Camille Chautemps, was Prime Minister of France on three occasions.
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- 1850 births
- 1918 deaths
- People from Haute-Savoie
- People from the Kingdom of Sardinia
- Radical Party (France) politicians
- Ministers of marine
- Ministers of the colonies of France
- Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- Members of the 8th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- Members of Parliament for Haute-Savoie
- French senators of the Third Republic
- Senators of Haute-Savoie
- French general councillors
- French Freemasons
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes politician stubs