Jacques Piou

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Jacques Piou (1838-1932) was a French lawyer and politician.

Born
Jacques Gustave Piou

6 August 1838
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Died12 May 1932(1932-05-12) (aged 93)
Paris, France
Political partyPopular Liberal Action
SpouseJulie Gentien
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Jacques Piou
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Born
Jacques Gustave Piou

6 August 1838
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Died12 May 1932(1932-05-12) (aged 93)
Paris, France
Political partyPopular Liberal Action
SpouseJulie Gentien
ChildrenLéonie Thérèse Piou
Parent(s)Constance Piou
Thérèse Angèle Palmyre Ledall de Kéréon
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Early life

Jacques Piou was born on 6 August 1838 in Angers, France.[1][2] His father, Constance Piou, was a politician.[3] His mother, Thérèse Angèle Palmyre Ledall de Kéréon, was an aristocrat.[3]

He studied the Law.[1]

Career

Piou started his career as a lawyer in Toulouse.[1] Politically Piou initially supported Royalism and later General Georges Ernest Boulanger, before supporting the Third Republic following Pope Leo XIII's policy of ralliement following his encyclical Au milieu des sollicitudes.[4]

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Haute-Garonne from 1885 to 1893, and from 1898 to 1902.[1] He co-founded Popular Liberal Action, a conservative political party, with Count Albert de Mun in 1901. He then served for Lozère from 1906 to 1919.[1]

He authored a biography of Count Albert de Mun that was published in 1925.[2]

Personal life

He married Julie Gentien.[3] They had a daughter, Léonie Thérèse Piou.[3]

Death

He died on 12 May 1932 in Paris.[1][2]

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