César Campinchi (May 4, 1882 inCalcatoggio,Corse-du-Sud – February 22, 1941 inMarseille,Bouches-du-Rhône) was alawyer andFrenchstatesman in the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2]
Campinchi was president of theAssociation générale des étudiants de Paris student organisation, a member of theRadical Socialist Party and deputy forCorsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried out the functions of theKeeper of the seals and presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937.
In his history of The Second World War, Volume 1, The Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill says on page 449:
”I formed a high opinion of this man (Campinchi). His patriotism, his ardour, his acute intelligence and above all, his resolve to conquer or die, hit home. (Admiral) Pound and I got on very well with Campinchi. This tough Corsican never flinched or failed.”
He married Hélène, who was the daughter ofAdolphe Landry and also a lawyer. Given her brief byFrançois de Menthon, Hélène chaired the commission which oversaw the drafting of the 2 February 1945 relating to delinquent children, which also established her husband's proposal.
Gaston Monnerville was one of Campinchi's close colleagues.
"When one is a whore or a minister, one has the right to that title for the rest of one's life."
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