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Émile Chautemps

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Émile Chautemps
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Émile Chautemps (2 May 1850, in Valleiry, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia – 10 December 1918, in Paris) was a French politician.

Émile Chautemps in 1914
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Life and career

He was Minister of the Colonies from January to November 1895 and Minister of the Navy in June 1914.

Family

His eldest son, Henry, was killed in Senegal in 1904 while helping to arrest a killer. Two other sons were killed during the First World War while a third was severely wounded. Another son, Camille Chautemps, was Prime Minister of France on three occasions.

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Portrait by Tomás Leal da Câmara

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