Léon Blum

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Léon Blum was a French socialist politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France and led the Popular Front government in the 1930s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
politician
socialist
statesman
child Robert Blum NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1872-04-09
dateOfDeath 1950-03-30
educatedAt Lycée Charlemagne
Lycée Henri-IV
École libre des sciences politiques NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French Jews
familyName Blum
givenName Léon
hasReligion secular Jew
headOfGovernmentOf France
implementedPolicy 40-hour workweek in France
collective bargaining rights for French workers
paid annual vacations for French workers
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
memberOfPoliticalParty French Section of the Workers' International
movement Popular Front (France)
notableFor first socialist to become Prime Minister of France
implementation of major social reforms in the 1930s in France
leadership of the Popular Front government in France
notableWork Du mariage
Nouvelles conversations de Goethe avec Eckermann
occupation journalist
lawyer
literary critic
politician
participatedIn Dreyfus affair (as Dreyfusard)
placeOfBirth French Third Republic
Paris
placeOfDeath France
Jouy-en-Josas
politicalIdeology democratic socialism
socialism
positionHeld Deputy in the French Chamber of Deputies
Mayor of Narbonne
Minister of State of France
President of the Council of Ministers of France
Prime Minister of France
Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of France
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
spouse Jeanne Blum
Lise Blum
Thérèse Blum
wasDeportedTo Buchenwald concentration camp
Dachau concentration camp
wasImprisonedBy Vichy regime
workLocation Paris


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