André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu ( French: [ɑ̃dʁe taʁdjø] ; 22 September 1876 – 15 September 1945) was three times Prime Minister of France (3 November 1929 – 17 February 1930; 2 March – 4 December 1930; 20 February – 10 May 1932) and a dominant figure of French political life in 1929–1932. He was a moderate conservative with a strong intellectual reputation, but became a weak prime minister at the start of the worldwide Great Depression .
12-475: Tardieu's paternal grandmother was the composer and pianist Charlotte Tardieu . Andre Tardieu was a graduate of the elite Lycée Condorcet . He was accepted by the even more prestigious École Normale Supérieure , but instead entered the diplomatic service. Later, he left the service and became famous as foreign affairs editor of the newspaper Le Temps . He founded the conservative newspaper L'Echo National in association with Georges Mandel . In 1914, Tardieu
24-400: A conservative, he introduced a program of welfare measures, including public works, social insurance, and free secondary schooling, and he encouraged modern techniques in industry. On 11 March 1932, legislation was passed that established universal family allowances for all wage earners in business and industry with at least two children. He hoped to replace the old ideological standoff between
36-752: A new deal." In the election of 1932 "he acknowledged the responsibility of the modern state for curing unemployment, but, devoted to the Poincaré franc, he would have sacrificed employment to the maintenance of the gold standard." Tardieu was displaced from both offices for ten days in February–March 1930 by Radical Camille Chautemps , but he returned until December. He was then Minister of Agriculture in 1931, Minister of War in 1932, and again Prime Minister (this time, also Minister of Foreign Affairs ), from 20 February to 3 June 1932, until his coalition
48-756: A trio with cellist Alfredo Piatti and violinist Camille Sivori . Georges Onslow dedicated his Septet for Piano and Wind Instruments, Op. 79 to her. From 1849 to 1869, Tardieu organized four chamber concerts a year in the Pleyel and Erard concert halls in Paris, and the Sax concert hall in the Egmont Palace in Belgium. She formed at least one class to study classical piano repertoire with performers Casimir, Dorus, Gouffe, Lebouc, Maurin, and Ney. Tardieu's music
60-727: The Paris Peace Conference and as Commissioner for Franco-American War Cooperation. On 8 November 1919, he became Minister of Liberated Regions , administering Alsace and Lorraine , and served until Clemenceau's defeat in 1920. In 1926, Tardieu returned to government as Minister of Transportation under Raymond Poincaré . In 1928, he moved to Minister of the Interior , continuing under Poincaré's successor Aristide Briand . In November 1929, Tardieu himself succeeded Briand as Président du Conseil (Prime Minister) and remained Interior Minister. Though generally considered
72-463: The French parliamentary system. Some of his books include: Changes [REDACTED] Media related to André Tardieu at Wikimedia Commons Charlotte Tardieu Marie Charlotte Elisabeth d'Arpentigny de Malleville Tardieu (9 September 1829 – May 1890) was a French composer, concert pianist, and teacher who organized chamber recitals throughout Europe. She composed and performed under
84-592: The names Charlotte de Malleville or Charlotte Tardieu . Tardieu was born in Roncherolles (today Roncherolles sur le Vivier). She studied music in Rouen with Jean-Amédée le Froid de Méreaux . On March 1, 1853, she married Amédée Eugène Tardieu . They had two sons, André and Jacques, and settled in Paris. André's son, also named André Tardieu , would become the prime minister of France in 1929. Tardieu presented piano recitals throughout Europe, and performed as
96-628: The right and left to a more relevant division based on the modern economy. He argued that "a more dynamic capitalism would dry up the Marxism of the working classes." The goal of his leadership was prosperity. When the Great Depression began in 1929, his goal was to evade a depression in France, which worked for several years. According to Monique Clague, "An obstinate deflationist throughout the thirties Tardieu would clearly not have given France
108-584: The soloist in piano concerti by Mozart and Beethoven. She appeared with other musicians such as flutist Vincent Dorus, clarinetist Adolphe Leroy, the Maurin Chevillard string quartet, Jean Méreaux, Camille Saint-Saëns , violinist Pablo de Sarasate , oboist Charles Louis Triebert, cellist Olive Charlier Vaslin, and oboist Louis Verroust. Well-known for her interpretation of Mozart, Tardieu specialized in older music and rarely performing music by contemporary composers other than herself. In 1864, she formed
120-652: Was defeated in the May elections. As Prime Minister, Tardieu served for three (7–10 May 1932) days as the Acting President of the French Republic, between the assassination of Paul Doumer and the election of Albert Lebrun . He was briefly a Minister of State without portfolio in 1934. His later political activity was largely concerned with containing and responding to German expansion. In his two-volume book La Révolution à refaire , Tardieu criticized
132-568: Was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from the département of Seine-et-Oise , as a candidate of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance ( Alliance Démocratique – AD). He retained this seat till 1924. From 1926 to 1936, he represented the département of Territoire de Belfort . When World War I broke out, Tardieu enlisted in the army and served before he was wounded and invalided home in 1916. He then returned to politics. He served as Georges Clemenceau 's lieutenant in 1919 during
SECTION 10
#1732776822146144-614: Was published by Henry Lemoine . Her compositions, all for piano, included: External links Roncherolles-sur-le-Vivier Roncherolles-sur-le-Vivier ( French pronunciation: [ʁɔ̃ʃʁɔl syʁ lə vivje] ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France . A village of forestry and farming situated in the Pays de Bray , just 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Rouen at
#145854