César Campinchi

César Campinchi (May 4, 1882 in Calcatoggio, Corse-du-Sud – February 22, 1941 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône) was a lawyer and French politician in the 20th century. He was Keeper of the Seals.

Campinchi was President of the Association Générale des Etudiants de Paris, a student organisation, and a member of the Radical Socialist Party, being their deputy in the Chamber for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937.

He was also: Minister of Marine, 22 June 1937 – 18 January 1938, in the third government of Camille Chautemps. Minister of Justice, 18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938, in the fourth government of Chautemps. Minister of the Navy, 13 March 1938 – 16 June 1940, in the second government of Léon Blum, the third government of Édouard Daladier and the government of Paul Reynaud.

He was one of the half a dozen Cabinet Ministers who refused to agree to an armistice with Germany. He resigned his office and left the Cabinet at the same time as Reynaud, on 16 June 1940.

Family

He married Hélène, the daughter of Adolphe Landry and also a lawyer. Given her brief by François de Menthon, Hélène chaired the Commission which oversaw the drafting of the 2 February 1945 law relating to delinquent children, which also included her husband's 1937 proposal.