Jean Cruppi

Jean Charles Marie Cruppi ( May 22nd 1855 in Toulouse, † October 16, 1933 in Fontainebleau ) was a French politician during the period of the Third French Republic.

Cruppi studied law and became a lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Paris. Later he became Advocate General at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. His political career began with his election to the General Council of the department of Haute -Garonne. Entry in May 1898 Cruppi was elected for the third constituency of Toulouse in the National Assembly. From January 1908 to July 1909 he held the office of the Minister of Trade and Industry in the government of Georges Clemenceau. In March 1911 he was appointed as Foreign Minister in the Cabinet Ernest Monis '. He sent an expedition to Fez, which led to the Second Moroccan Crisis, and finally the establishment of the French protectorate in Morocco. After the resignation of the government led to Monis January 1912 Cruppi the Ministry of Justice.

In the elections to the National Assembly in November 1919, he could not sit down and lost his seat in Parliament. Two months later he was elected to the Senate, but did not start on the elections in 1924.

Works

• Un avocat au journaliste XVIIe siècle, Linguet. Paris 1895.
• La Cour d' assises. Paris 1898.
• Pour l' expansion économique de la France, 19 mois au ministère du commerce et de l'industrie. Paris 1910.
• Le Père Ange, duc de Joyeuse, maréchal de France et capucin. Paris 1928.