René Renoult

René Renoult (29 August 1867 in Paris – 30 April 1946 in Paris) was a French Minister and lawyer.

Renoult was the son of Étienne and Élisa Geranger, a female day laborer. He studied at the Faculty of Law in Paris and obtained his doctorate in 1888. He married for the first time with Blanche-Clothilde Wormser in 1910, and a second time with Henriette-Emelie-Céleste Giriat in 1937.

Renoult was a member of the Radical Party. His political career started in 1911, when he became General Counselor of the Lure commune (until 1913). In 1902 he became deputy for the Haute-Saône département (until 1919). From 1920 to 1941 he was Senator of Var.

Offices

 * 1889: Chief of cabinet under Charles Floquet, president of the Chamber of Deputies.
 * 1903: President of the Radical Party
 * 1911–1912: Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions
 * 1913–1914: Minister of the Interior
 * 1914: Minister of Finance (during 85 days).
 * 1914: Minister of Transportation
 * 1924–1926, 1932–1933: Minister of Justice
 * 1926: Minister of the Marine.