Jean Cruppi

{{short description|French politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Minister of Commerce and Industry

| termstart = 1908

| president = Armand Fallières

| country = France

| predecessor = Gaston Doumergue

| successor = Jean Dupuy

| termend = 1909

| image = Cruppi.jpg

| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| termstart2 = 2 March 1911

| termend2 = 27 June 1911

| president2 = Armand Fallières

| primeminister2 = Ernest Monis

| predecessor2 = Stéphen Pichon

| successor2 = Justin de Selves

| office3 = Minister of Justice

| termstart3 = 1911

| termend3 = 1912

| president3 = Armand Fallières

| primeminister3 = Joseph Caillaux

| predecessor3 = Antoine Perrier

| successor3 = Aristide Briand

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1855|5|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Toulouse, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|10|16|1855|5|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Fontainebleau, France

| resting_place =

| party =

| spouse = Louise Cruppi

| children =

}}

Jean Cruppi (22 May 1855 – 16 October 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic where he held several ministerial posts. He started as a lawyer before becoming a magistrate. He was also a writer and journalist before his career in government. His first major posting was Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1908.{{Cite news |date=1908-02-09 |title=M. Jean Cruppi |pages=9 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-m-jean-cruppi/125789644/ |access-date=2023-06-03}} He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ernest Monis government, which lasted less than four months from 2 March – 27 June 1911. Cruppi was responsible for sending soldiers into Fez, eventually leading to France's control over Morocco. In the aftermath, Cruppi held talks with the British in London at the start of the Agadir Crisis, which was caused by France's invasion of Morocco. {{Cite book |last=Hamilton |first=Keith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGIr2gnwl-AC&dq=%2522Jean%2520Cruppi%2522%2520-wikipedia&pg=PA218 |title=Bertie of Thame: Edwardian Ambassador |date=1990 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-0-86193-217-7 |pages=217–219 |language=en}}

He was married to author and activist Louise Cruppi. The couple married in 1882 and had four children.{{Cite journal |last=Irvine |first=Margot |date=2019 |title=« Rien ne sera plus beau que ces lettres » : la correspondance de Romain Rolland et de Louise Cruppi |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/etudfr/2019-v55-n1-etudfr04537/1059366ar/resume/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Études françaises |pages=33–49 |language=fr |doi=10.7202/1059366ar|s2cid=181589110 |doi-access=free }}