Émile Chautemps (2 May 1850, in Valleiry, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia – 10 December 1918, in Paris) was a French politician.

Émile Chautemps in 1914

Life and career

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He was Minister of the Colonies from January to November 1895 and Minister of the Navy in June 1914.

Family

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His eldest son, Henry, was killed in Senegal in 1904 while helping to arrest a killer. Two other sons were killed during the First World War while a third was severely wounded. Another son, Camille Chautemps, was Prime Minister of France on three occasions.

 
Portrait by Tomás Leal da Câmara

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