Jules Roche

Jules Roche (22 May 1841, Saint-Étienne - 8 April 1923) was a French politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1881 to 1919. He was Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1890 to 1892. Originally a member of the Republican Union, later on he joined the Republican Federation. On 3 July 1905 he voted against the Law on the Separation of the Churches and the State.

Principal positions Mayor of Serrières Député du Var, 1881 – 1885 Député de la Savoie, 1885 – 1898 Député de l'Ardèche, 1898 – 1919 Minister of Commerce, de l’Industrie et des Colonies, 17 March 1890 – 8 March 1892 Minister of Commerce et de l’Industrie, 8 March 1892 – 6 December 1892

Publications Le Budget des Cultes (1883) L’Allemagne et la France (1898) La politique économique de la France (1898) Finances et politique (1899) Budgets du XIXe siècle et Questions diverses (1901) L’Impôt sur le Revenu, Discours Parlementaires, Quand serons-nous en République ? (1918) L’Alsace-Lorraine, terre française. (1918)