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André Léon Blum (French: [ɑ̃dʁe leɔ̃ blum]; 9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century.
Léon Blum (born April 9, 1872, Paris—died March 30, 1950, Jouy-en-Josas, France) was the first Socialist (and the first Jewish) premier of France, presiding over the Popular Front coalition government in 1936–37. Blum was born into an Alsatian Jewish family.
Léon Blum [l e ɔ̃ ˈ b l u m] [n 1], né le 9 avril 1872 à Paris et mort le 30 mars 1950 à Jouy-en-Josas, est un homme d'État français. Figure du socialisme, il est président du Conseil de juin 1936 à juin 1937 et de mars à avril 1938, puis président du Gouvernement provisoire de la République française de décembre 1946 à janvier ...
Léon Blum, (born April 9, 1872, Paris, France—died March 30, 1950, Jouy-en-Josas), French politician and writer. He made a name as a brilliant literary and drama critic, then entered politics in the French Socialist Party.
May 23, 2018 · The French statesman Léon Blum (1872-1950) was the first Socialist, as well as the first Jewish, premier of France. In 1936 the government he headed enacted the most extensive program of social reforms in French history.
Aug 13, 2015 · Léon Blum, circa 1894. When Léon Blum became president of the Council of Ministers of France—in effect, prime minister—on June 6, 1936, a world was turned on its head.
Oct 24, 2015 · As part of the ‘Jewish Lives’ series of Yale University Press, Pierre Birnbaum has authored this biography of Léon Blum (1872–1950), France’s prime minister three times, socialist activist and ‘courageous opponent of the pro-Nazi Vichy regime’.
