Albert Thomas (minister)
Albert Thomas was a prominent French Socialist and the first Minister of Armament for the French Third Republic during World War I. Following the Treaty of Versailles, he was nominated as the first Director General of the International Labour Office, a position he held until his death in 1932.
He was born at ChampignysurMarne onJune 1878. In 1898, he entered the cole Normale Suprieure, where he studied history and won a travelling scholarship which enabled him to visit Russia. Other educational distinctions followed, including degrees in literature and history at the University of Paris. In 1904, Thomas was both appointed to the editorial staff of Lhumanit and elected a municipal councillor for Champigny, where, eight years later he was elected mayor. As a journalist, Thomas wrote for Linformation and the Revue socialiste founded the Revue syndicaliste and subsequently launched LInformation ouvrire et sociale.
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