page_title: Charles Dumont (politician)
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Dumont (politician)
caption_attribution_description: English: French politician Charles Dumont (1867-1939).
context_page_description: Charles Emile Etienne Dumont was a left-leaning French politician who was Minister of Public Works in 1911 and Minister of Finance in 1913.
  The "Dumont Resolution" passed by the Chamber of Deputies in 1917 called for security after World War I to be based on the armed forces of France and her allies, and also for the establishment of a society of nations.
  Dumont was again Minister of Finance in 1930, and was Minister of the Navy in 1931–32.
  He initiated construction of the battleship Dunkerque as part of a naval expansion program.
  Dumont came from a family of peasant winemakers from the Jura, and did much to promote development of that region as president of the Jura Departmental Council from 1921 to 1939.
context_section_description: Charles Emile Etienne Dumont (31 August 1867 – 22 April 1939) was a left-leaning French politician who was Minister of Public Works in 1911 and Minister of Finance in 1913.
  The "Dumont Resolution" passed by the Chamber of Deputies in 1917 called for security after World War I (1914–18) to be based on the armed forces of France and her allies, and also for the establishment of a society of nations.
  Dumont was again Minister of Finance in 1930, and was Minister of the Navy in 1931–32. 
  He initiated construction of the battleship Dunkerque as part of a naval expansion program.
  Dumont came from a family of peasant winemakers from the Jura, and did much to promote development of that region as president of the Jura Departmental Council from 1921 to 1939.
caption: Dumont in 1928
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