Maurice Palmade

Maurice Palmade (6 October 1886, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime – 3 January 1955, Bordeaux) was a French politician. He belonged to the Radical Party. Before World War II, he had been a Member of Parliament. He has been 3 times the Budget minister of France.

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On 10 July 1940, Palmade voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

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