Saurrat retired from politics after Petain dissolved the National Assembly in July 1940. He took control ofr the family newspaper, La Depeche de Toulouse, after the editor, his brother Maurice, was murdered by the Milice in 1943.
this is a stub.
| Preceded by: Edouard Daladier 1933 | Prime Ministers of France 1933 | Followed by: Camille Chautemps 1933-1934 |
| Preceded by: Pierre Laval 1935-1936 | Prime Ministers of France 1936 | Followed by: Léon Blum 1936-1937 |