Once in power the Popular Front government introduced the 40 hour week and other social reforms. Leon Blum, leader of the Socialist Party, now become prime minister of France and Daladier became Minister of War. The parties involved in the Popular Front did well in the 1936 parliamentary elections and won a total of 376 seats. Parties involved in the agreement included the Communist Party, the Socialist Party and Daladier's Radical Party. A second government, in 1934, only lasted for a few weeks.Ĭoncerned by the emergence of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, a group of left-wing politicians, led by Leon Blum, Maurice Thorez, Edouard Herriot, Daniel Mayer formed the Popular Front in 1934. Over the next nine years he held several posts including minister of war.ĭaladier became prime minister in January, 1933, but his government only survived for seven months. In June, 1924, Daladier was appointed as minister of the colonies. Nicknamed the "Bull of Vaucluse", he eventually replaced Herriot as leader of the party. In 1911 Daladier entered the Chamber of Deputies.
Daladier studied at Lyons under Edouard Herriot and as a member of the Radical Party, he was elected as mayor of Carpentras in 1911. Edouard Daladier was born in Carpentras, France, on 18th June, 1884.
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