Charles Reibel
French politician
Charles Reibel (29 December 1882 – 26 June 1966) was a French lawyer and politician who was a deputy from 1919 to 1935 and senator from 1936 to 1944.
He was Minister of the Liberated Regions from 1922 to 1924, responsible for efforts to restore the area of northern France that had been devastated by the trench warfare of World War I (1914–18).
He was against appeasement of Germany before the start of World War II (1939–45) and in favor of stronger defenses and greater armament.
However, after the collapse of resistance when Germany invaded France in 1940 he became convinced of the necessity for an armistice to prevent France from again being devastated, and supported the formation of the Vichy government under Marshal Philippe Pétain.
Early years
Charles Reibel was born on 29 December 1882 in Vesoul, Haute-Saône.
His father was an intern in the Strasbourg hospital, grandson of a notary in Rhinau, Bas-Rhin.
His mother's family was from Lorraine.
He attended the lycée in Nancy for his secondary education, then studied at the faculty of law in Nancy, gaining a doctorate in law. He entered the Paris bar as secretary of the conference.
He was an attaché to Raymond Poincaré until Poincaré was elected President of France.
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