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Jean Gilbert-Jules

French politician (1903–1984)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ3172298 ↗
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Jean Gilbert-Jules (1 September 1903 – 31 December 1984) was a French lawyer and politician. He was Minister of the Interior from February 1956 to May 1957 and from June 1957 to September 1957. He belonged to the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party.

He later served as a member of the Constitutional Council from 1959 to 1968.

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The public source identifies “Jean Gilbert-Jules” as french politician (1903–1984). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jean, Gilbert-Jules and French.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1903, 1984, 1956, 1957—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1903-09-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jean, Gilbert-Jules and French providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3172298. VIAF identifies the subject as 194278785. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1903, 1984, 1956 and 1957.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jean Gilbert-Jules” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.