12 Facts About Joseph Caillaux

Joseph Caillaux was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition to the military alienated him from conservative elements.

Joseph Caillaux was accused of corruption, but was cleared by a parliamentary commission.

Joseph Caillaux became Minister of Finance in the Waldeck-Rousseau Cabinet, and after its fall it was not until the Clemenceau Ministry of 1906 that he returned to office, once more with the portfolio of Finance.

Joseph Caillaux fought the Three Years' Service bill with the utmost tenacity.

In March 1914, Madame Joseph Caillaux in turn shot to death Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro, and Joseph Caillaux resigned as Minister of Finance.

In July 1914, Madame Joseph Caillaux was acquitted on the grounds that she committed a crime passionel.

Joseph Caillaux financed newspapers, and did everything he possibly could behind the scenes to consolidate his position.

Joseph Caillaux became acquainted with the Bolos and the Malvys of political and journalistic life.

Joseph Caillaux was forbidden to reside in French territory for five years and deprived of civil rights for ten years.

Again rehabilitated after World War I, Joseph Caillaux served at various times in the left wing governments of the 1920s.

On 10 July 1940, Joseph Caillaux voted as a Senator in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Petain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

Joseph Caillaux is interred in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.