Paul Bastid

Paul Raymond Marie Bastid
Paul Bastid in 1932
Minister of Commerce
In office 4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937
Prime Minister	Léon Blum
Preceded by	Georges Bonnet
Succeeded by	Fernand Chapsal
Personal details
Born	(1892-05-17)17 May 1892 Paris 8e, France
Died	29 October 1974(1974-10-29) (aged 82) Paris 7e, France
Occupation	Lawyer, professor

Paul Raymond Marie Bastid (17 May 1892 – 29 October 1974) was a French lawyer, academic and radical politician who was a national deputy from 1924 to 1942 in the French Third Republic, and from 1945 to 1951 in the French Fourth Republic. He was Minister of Commerce from 1936 to 1937. During and after World War II (1939–45) he was involved in discussions about France's position in a future European federation. He was a prolific author on subjects that ranged from law and history to fiction and poetry.