André Tardieu (September 22, 1876 at Paris, France - September 15, 1945 at Menton) Three-time prime minister of France (November 3, 1929 - February 17, 1930; March 2 - December 4, 1930; February 20 - May 10, 1932) and a dominant figure of French political life from 1929-1932.

He served in the Légion d'honneur during the World War, and served as Georges Clemenceau's lieutenant during the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 and as Commissioner for Franco-American War Cooperation. He was minister of the liberated regions of Alsace and Lorraine after the war.

Though generally considered a conservative, on becoming prime minister in 1929, he introduced a program of welfare measures, including public works, social insurance, and free secondary schooling, as well as encouraging modern techniques in industry. His later political activity was largely concerned with containing and responding to German expansion.

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The Truth About The Treaty, written 1921, to defend the French negotiators from claims that they had been too lenient on the Germans.

Tardieu's First Ministry, 3 November 1929 - 21 February 1930

• André Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Interior
• Aristide Briand - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• André Maginot - Minister of War
• Henri Chéron - Minister of Finance
• Louis Loucheur - Minister of Labour, Hygiene, Welfare Work, and Social Security Provisions
• Lucien Hubert - Minister of Justice
• Georges Leygues - Minister of Marine
• Louis Rollin - Minister of Merchant Marine
• Laurent Eynac - Minister of Air
• Pierre Marraud - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Claudius Gallet - Minister of Pensions
• Jean Hennessy - Minister of Agriculture
• François Piétri - Minister of Colonies
• Georges Pernot - Minister of Public Works
• Louis Germain-Martin - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
• Pierre Étienne Flandin - Minister of Commerce and Industry

Tardieu's Second Government, 2 March - 13 December 1930

• André Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
• Aristide Briand - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• André Maginot - Minister of War
• Paul Reynaud - Minister of Finance
• Louis Germain-Martin - Minister of Budget
• Pierre Laval - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
• Raoul Péret - Minister of Justice
• Jacques-Louis Dumesnil - Minister of Marine
• Louis Rollin - Minister of Merchant Marine
• Laurent Eynac - Minister of Air
• Pierre Marraud - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Auguste Champetier de Ribes - Minister of Pensions
• Fernand David - Minister of Agriculture
• François Piétri - Minister of Colonies
• Georges Pernot - Minister of Public Works
• Désiré Ferry - Minister of Public Health
• André Mallarmé - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
• Pierre Étienne Flandin - Minister of Commerce and Industry

Changes

• 17 November 1930 - Henri Chéron succeeds Péret as Minister of Justice.

Tardieu's Third Ministry, 20 February - 3 June 1932

• André Tardieu - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Paul Reynaud - Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice
• François Piétri - Minister of National Defense
• Albert Mahieu - Minister of the Interior
• Pierre Étienne Flandin - Minister of Finance
• Pierre Laval - Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
• Charles Guernier - Minister of Public Works and Merchant Marine
• Mario Roustan - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Auguste Champetier de Ribes - Minister of Pensions and Liberated Regions
• Claude Chauveau - Minister of Agriculture
• Louis de Chappedelaine - Minister of Colonies
• Camille Blaisot - Minister of Public Health
• Louis Rollin - Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones