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. References 1867 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Paris Radical Party (France) politicians French Ministers of Justice French Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs French interior ministers French Ministers of Finance Transport ministers of France Ministers of Marine Members of the 8th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 9th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 10th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 11th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic French Senators of the Third Republic Senators of Var (department) 19th-century French lawyers French Resistance members