18 Facts About Pierre Forgeot

Pierre Forgeot was born on 10 March, 1888 in Anglure, Marne.

Pierre Forgeot's grandfather was a train conductor on the line between Paris and Troyes who settled in Anglure after his marriage to Eugenie Duterme and became a small manufacturer of bonnets.

Pierre Forgeot was admitted to the bar in 1909, and became secretary to the Conference des avocats.

Pierre Forgeot obtained his Doctorate in Law in 1911 for a brilliant thesis on Les lapins de garenne devant la loi et la jurisprudence.

Pierre Forgeot was the second-youngest member of the chamber of deputies.

Pierre Forgeot was noted for his eloquence in the chamber of deputies.

Pierre Forgeot joined the committees on Finance, Customs and Liberated Regions.

Pierre Forgeot did not compete in the election of 11 May 1924.

Pierre Forgeot was elected for Epernay on the Republican-Socialist platform in the elections of 22 April 1928.

Pierre Forgeot was appointed Minister of Public Works in the cabinet of Raymond Poincare on 11 November 1928.

Pierre Forgeot retained that post in the cabinet of Aristide Briand from 29 July 1929 to 3 November 1929.

Pierre Forgeot was reelected for Epernay in the elections of 1 May 1932.

Pierre Forgeot objected to interference in the company operations by the Minister for Industrial Production.

Pierre Forgeot wanted to keep the single-shift system, but with a 48-hour week.

In January 1940 Pierre Forgeot met Henri Queuille on 5 January 1940 and expressed optimism about the superiority of the French fighter aircraft and the new turbo-charged engines.

Pierre Forgeot proposed to turn over the factories to the French state, at no charge, and they could use them as they saw fit.

In December 1940 Pierre Forgeot resigned from the presidency of the manufacturing company, but retained the presidency of the French holding company.

Pierre Forgeot died on 30 June 1956 in Paris aged 68.