Marcel Sembat

[1] He served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 1893 to 1922, and as Minister of Public Works from August 26, 1914, to December 12, 1916.

[1] He went to school in Mantes-la-Jolie, attended the Collège Stanislas in Paris and later received a PhD in law.

He started a career in journalism and co-founded the Revue de l'évolution.

[1] From 1890 to 1897, he was the editor of La Petite République, created by Leon Gambetta.

[1] He oversaw the construction of telephone cables from Brest, France to Dakar, Senegal.