Julien Auguste John Eugène Durand (25 May 1874 – 10 September 1973) was a French lawyer and Radical politician.

He said that this exposition had helped France's balance of trade, spread French taste and fostered collaboration between artists and manufacturers.

[4] However, after the Wall Street crash of 1929 there was less interest in a purely aesthetic exhibition, and more in one that focused on international cooperation.

[5] Durand was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones from 21 February 1930 to 2 March 1930 in the short-lived cabinet of Camille Chautemps.

He was reelected in the second round in the general elections on 1–8 May 1932, and was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry when the cabinet of Édouard Herriot was formed on 3 June 1932.

[7] Durand retained his ministry in the cabinet of Joseph Paul-Boncour from 18 December 1932 until its fall on 28 January 1933.