Aristide Briand

Aristide Briand
Briand c. 1920s
Prime Minister of France
In office 29 July 1929 – 22 October 1929
President	Gaston Doumergue
Preceded by	Raymond Poincaré
Succeeded by	André Tardieu
In office 28 November 1925 – 17 July 1926
President	Gaston Doumergue
Preceded by	Paul Painlevé
Succeeded by	Édouard Herriot
In office 16 January 1921 – 12 January 1922
President	Alexandre Millerand
Preceded by	Georges Leygues
Succeeded by	Raymond Poincaré
In office 29 October 1915 – 17 March 1917
President	Raymond Poincaré
Preceded by	René Viviani
Succeeded by	Alexandre Ribot
In office 21 January 1913 – 18 March 1913
President	Armand Fallières
Preceded by	Raymond Poincaré
Succeeded by	Louis Barthou
In office 24 July 1909 – 27 February 1911
President	Armand Fallières
Preceded by	Georges Clemenceau
Succeeded by	Ernest Monis
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 23 July 1926 – 12 January 1932
Prime Minister	Raymond Poincaré André Tardieu Camille Chautemps Théodore Steeg Pierre Laval
Preceded by	Édouard Herriot
Succeeded by	Pierre Laval
Minister of Justice
In office 24 August 1914 – 29 October 1915
Prime Minister	René Viviani
Preceded by	Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin
Succeeded by	René Viviani
In office 14 January 1912 – 21 January 1913
Prime Minister	Raymond Poincaré
Preceded by	Jean Cruppi
Succeeded by	Louis Barthou
In office 4 July 1908 – 24 July 1908
Prime Minister	Georges Clemenceau
Preceded by	Edmond Guyot-Dessaigne
Succeeded by	Louis Barthou
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 27 April 1902 – 7 March 1932
Constituency	Loire (1902–09) Loire-Inférieure (1909–32)
Personal details
Born	Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (1862-03-28)28 March 1862 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, French Empire
Died	7 March 1932(1932-03-07) (aged 69) Paris, France
Political party	French Socialist Party (1902–1904) Independent Socialists (1904–1911) Republican-Socialist Party (1911–1932)
Education	University of Paris

Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (French: [aʁistid pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi bʁijɑ̃]; 28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic. He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues and reconciliation politics during the interwar period (1918–1939).

In 1926, he received the Nobel Peace Prize along with German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann for the realization of the Locarno Treaties, which aimed at reconciliation between France and Germany after the First World War.^[1][2] To avoid another worldwide conflict, he was instrumental in the agreement known as the Kellogg–Briand Pact of 1928, as well to establish a "European Union" in 1929.^[3] However, all his efforts were compromised by the rise of nationalistic and revanchist ideas like Nazism and fascism following the Great Depression.