Édouard Daladier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Édouard Daladier

French politician

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1884

Place of Birth: Carpentras, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1970

Profession: politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Édouard Daladier

  • Édouard Daladier (French: [edwa? daladje]; 18 June 1884 – 10 October 1970) was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician and the Prime Minister of France at the outbreak of World War II. Daladier was born in Carpentras and began his political career before World War I.
  • During the war, he fought on the Western Front and was decorated for his service.
  • After the war, he became a leading figure in the Radical Party and Prime Minister in 1933 and 1934.
  • Daladier was Minister of Defence from 1936 to 1940 and Prime Minister again in 1938.
  • As head of government, he expanded the French welfare state in 1939. Along with Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, Daladier signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, giving Nazi Germany control over the Sudetenland.
  • After Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
  • During the Phoney War, France's failure to aid Finland against the Soviet Union's aggression in the Winter War led to Daladier's resignation on 21 March 1940 and replacement as prime minister by Paul Reynaud.
  • Daladier remained Minister of Defence until 19 May, when he took over the portfolio personally after the French defeat at Sedan. After the fall of France, Daladier was tried for treason by the Vichy government in the Riom Trial and imprisoned in successively Fort du Portalet, Buchenwald concentration camp and Itter Castle.
  • After liberation of Castle Itter, Daladier resumed his political career as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France from 1946 to 1958.
  • He died in Paris on 10 October 1970.

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