Paul Louis Peytral was born on 20 January 1842 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

[1] Paul Peytral was Minister of Finance from 3 April 1888 to 22 February 1889 in the government of Charles Floquet.

[3] Peytral was Minister of Finance from 4 April to 3 December 1893 in the government of Charles Dupuy.

[2] Peytral was a deputy until 15 January 1894, then served in the Senate of France from 1894 until his death.

Paul Peytral was interior minister from 9–13 June 1914 in the government of Alexandre Ribot.