Fritz Hollings
politician from the United States (1922-2019)
Leon Blum
French politician (1872-1950)
Andre Leon Blumwas a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century.
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Siblings
Rene Blum
Lucien Blum
Georges Blum
Marcel Blum
Spouses
Jeanne Blum
Therese Blum
Lise Blum
Children
Robert Blum
About the Leon Blum
Andre Leon Blumwas a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century. He was a disciple of socialist leader Jean Jaures. After Jaures’ assassination in 1914, he became his successor.
Despite Blum’s relatively short tenures, his time in office was very influential. As Prime Minister in the left-wing Popular Front government in 1936-1937, he provided a series of major economic and social reforms. Blum declared neutrality in the Spanish Civil Warto avoid the civil conflict spilling over into France itself. Once out of office in 1938, he denounced the appeasement of Germany.
When Germany defeated France in 1940, Blum became a staunch opponent of Vichy France. Triedby the Vichy government on charges of treason, he was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp. After the war, he resumed a transitional leadership role in French politics, helping to bring about the French Fourth Republic, until his death in 1950.
3 Quotes by Leon Blum
- 1.
When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.
Leon BlumFrench politician (1872-1950)
- 2.
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
Leon BlumFrench politician (1872-1950)
- 3.
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.
Leon BlumFrench politician (1872-1950)