Charles Dumont (politician)

Charles Emile Etienne Dumont
Dumont in 1928
Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs
In office 2 March 1911 – 27 June 1911
Preceded by	Louis Puech
Succeeded by	Victor Augagneur
Minister of Finance
In office 22 March 1913 – 2 December 1913
Preceded by	Louis-Lucien Klotz
Succeeded by	Joseph Caillaux
Minister of Finance
In office 21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930
Preceded by	Henry Chéron
Succeeded by	Paul Reynaud
Minister of the Navy
In office 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932
Preceded by	Albert Sarraut
Succeeded by	Georges Leygues
Personal details
Born	(1867-08-31)31 August 1867 Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Died	22 April 1939(1939-04-22) (aged 71) Meulan, Seine-et-Oise, France
Occupation	Politician

Charles Emile Etienne Dumont (31 August 1867 – 22 April 1939) was a left-leaning French politician who was Minister of Public Works in 1911 and Minister of Finance in 1913. The "Dumont Resolution" passed by the Chamber of Deputies in 1917 called for security after World War I (1914–18) to be based on the armed forces of France and her allies, and also for the establishment of a society of nations. Dumont was again Minister of Finance in 1930, and was Minister of the Navy in 1931–32. He initiated construction of the battleship Dunkerque as part of a naval expansion program. Dumont came from a family of peasant winemakers from the Jura, and did much to promote development of that region as president of the Jura Departmental Council from 1921 to 1939.