Maurice Palmade

Maurice Palmade (6 October 1886 – 3 January 1955) was a French politician. He belonged to the Radical Party. Before World War II, he had been a member of parliament. He has been 3 times the budget minister of France.

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Biography

Palmade was born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime on 6 October 1886. He served in World War I as a captain.^[1] He was the minister of budget between 1930 and 1932.^[1] On 10 July 1940, Palmade voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

Palmade died in Bordeaux on 3 January 1955.^[1]