Pierre Mathé

Pierre Mathé (1882-1956) was a French conservative agrarian politician.

Pierre Mathé
Born	Pierre Cyprien Mathé 1 August 1882 Giry, Nièvre, France
Died	3 June 1956 (1956-06-04) (aged 73) Paris, France
Occupation	Politician
Political party	French Agrarian and Peasant Party

Early life

Pierre Mathé was born on 1 August 1882 in Giry, rural France.^[1][2]

Career

Mathé joined the French Agrarian and Peasant Party, an agrarian conservative political party, and became its President. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Côte-d'Or from 1936 to 1942.^[1]

He co-authored Le manifeste paysan: essai d'une doctrine humaniste appliquée à l'agriculture française with François de Clermont-Tonnerre, published in 1937.^[2]

On 10 July 1940, Mathé 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. In November 1941, he was made a member of the National Council of Vichy France.^[3]

Death

He died on 3 June 1956 in Paris, France.^[1][2]