Antonin Dubost (6 April 1842 – 16 April 1921) was a French journalist, State Councillor and Senator. He served asPresident of the French Senate from 1906 to 1920. He was a member of theRepublican Union and later anIndependent Radical.
Dubost was born atL'Arbresle,Rhône. He was a candidate forPresident of the French Republic in 1913.[1][2] As President of the Senate during all of the first World War, he was a strong advocate of forcing Germany to make reparations.[3]
He co-authored a book on the history of legal enforcement, studying the use of imprisonment and deportation.[4] He died inParis, aged 79.
In the government ofJean Casimir-Perier, Dubost served as Minister of Justice between 1893 and 1894. He served as Senator forIsère from 1897 to 1921. In January 1906,Armand Fallières stood down as President of the French Senate and Dubost was elected in his place. Fallières went on to become thePresident of the French Republic. He was serving as a Senator at the time of his death.[5][6]
He was involved in French politics from the foundation of the French Republic in 1870. He was a Counselor of State, he served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for seventeen years and as a Senator for twenty-four years.
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