Albert Sarraut

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Albert-Pierre Sarraut (July 28, 1872 - November 26, 1962) was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.

Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919.

Sarraut retired from politics after Petain dissolved the National Assembly in July 1940. He took control of the family newspaper, La Depeche de Toulouse, after the editor, his brother Maurice, was murdered by the Milice in 1943.

Sarraut died in Paris in 1962.

Sarraut's First Ministry, 26 October - 26 November 1933

Sarraut's Second Ministry, 24 January - 4 June 1936



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