French statesman, financier, and prime minister of France (191112), born in Le Mans, NW France. He trained as a lawyer, was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1898, and became finance minister in several governments. His brief term as prime minister ended when he was overthrown for showing too conciliatory an attitude towards Germany. In 1914, his second wife shot Gaston Calmette, editor of Figaro, who had launched a campaign against him and published a number of their private letters; after a famous trial, she was acquitted. He stayed in politics until France fell in 1940, when he retired.
Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (March 30, 1863 - November 21/22, 1944) was a major French politician of the Third Republic.
Caillaux's Ministry, 2 July 1911 - 14 January 1912
Joseph Caillaux - President of the Council and Minister of the Interior and Worship Justin de Selves - Minister of Foreign Affairs Adolphe Messimy - Minister of War Louis-Lucien Klotz - Minister of Finance René Renoult - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions Jean Cruppi - Minister of Justice Théophile Delcassé - Minister of Marine Théodore Steeg - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts Jules Pams - Minister of Agriculture Albert Lebrun - Minister of Colonies Victor Augagneur - Minister of Public Works, Posts, and Telegraphs Maurice Couyba - Minister of Commerce and Industry|
Preceded by: Ernest Monis |
Prime Minister of France 1911–1912 |
Succeeded by: Raymond Poincaré |
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