predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
andré tardieu pierre laval 19 december 1950 libourne , gironde , france paris , france radical 19 december 1868 100th prime minister of france 13 december 1930 file : théodore steeg.jpg théodore steeg
 27 january 1931 théodore steeg
théodore steeg

théodore steeg -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 19 december 1868 -- 19 december 1950 -rrb- was a lawyer and professor of philosophy who became premier of the french third republic .
steeg entered french politics in 1904 as a radical socialist , although his views were generally moderate .
he was a deputy of the seine from 1904 to 1914 and senator from 1914 to 1944 .
at different times he was minister of higher education , interior , justice and colonies .
in the 1920s he was in charge of the colonial administrations first of algeria and then of morocco .
he encouraged irrigation projects to provide land for french `` colons '' at a time of growing demands for political and economic rights from the indigenous people , accompanied by growing unrest .
steeg was briefly prime minister in 1930 -- 1931 .
