19 Facts About Fernand Chapsal

Fernand Chapsal was born on 10 March 1862 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne.

Fernand Chapsal's family moved to Saintes, Charente-Maritime when his father was appointed principal of the college there.

Fernand Chapsal was in turn an Auditor, Master of Requests and Deputy-Commissioner to the Government for litigation.

Fernand Chapsal published a treatise of the procedure before the Prefecture Councils.

Fernand Chapsal was chief of staff of Louis Ricard, Minister of Justice in 1892 and 1898, and of Georges Trouillot, Minister of the Colonies in 1898.

Fernand Chapsal taught at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and at the National Institute of Agronomy.

Fernand Chapsal promoted the Mutual Credit of Agriculture.

Fernand Chapsal was a member and then president of the French Exhibitions Committee, and was commissioner general of several of these events, including those of Liege, Brussels and Berlin.

In 1916 Fernand Chapsal became interested in the possibility of obtaining meat from the neutral Netherlands.

In 1919 Fernand Chapsal was elected mayor of Saintes and councilor-general of Charente-Inferieure.

Fernand Chapsal was a member of the Customs Committee until 1937, and was president of the committee from 1926.

Fernand Chapsal was particularly interested in questions of agriculture and economics.

Fernand Chapsal was Minister of Commerce and Industry from 23 June 1926 to 15 July 1926 in the cabinet of Aristide Briand.

Fernand Chapsal was reelected to the senate on 14 January 1930.

Fernand Chapsal was Minister of Commerce from 22 June 1937 to 18 January 1938 in the 3rd cabinet of Camille Chautemps.

Fernand Chapsal was Minister of Agriculture from 18 January 1938 to 13 March 1938 in the 4th cabinet of Camille Chautemps.

Fernand Chapsal was reelected to the senate on 10 January 1939.

Fernand Chapsal died on 10 February 1939 in Neuilly, Seine.

Fernand Chapsal was the grandfather of the author Madeleine Chapsal and the great-grandfather of the author Jerome Hesse.