Marc Rucart

Marc Émile Rucart
Rucart in 1933
Minister of Justice
In office 4 June 1936 – 21 June 1937
Preceded by	Léon Bérard
Succeeded by	Vincent Auriol
Minister of Health
In office 22 June 1937 – 10 March 1938
Preceded by	Henri Sellier
Succeeded by	Fernand Gentin
Minister of Justice
In office 13 March 1938 – 8 April 1938
Preceded by	César Campinchi
Succeeded by	Paul Reynaud
Minister of Health
In office 10 April 1938 – 20 March 1940
Preceded by	Fernand Gentin
Succeeded by	Marcel Héraud
Personal details
Born	(1893-07-24)24 July 1893 Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, France
Died	23 January 1964(1964-01-23) (aged 70) Paris, France
Occupation	Journalist

Marc Émile Rucart (24 July 1893 – 23 January 1964) was a French journalist and Radical politician who was a deputy from 1928 to 1942. He alternated between the posts of Minister of Justice and Minister of Health from 1936 to 1940. Although he was not pro-feminist he introduced changes that gave greater opportunity to women. He was anti-racist, and after the initial defeat of France in World War II he did not support the Vichy government, but participated in the National Council of the Resistance and then in the first Provisional Consultative Assembly . After the war he was a senator from 1947 to 1958.