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Events on Thursday 4 June 1936 1
1936Léon Blum forms Popular Front governmentFrance gets its first socialist prime ministerThe Popular Front won the French legislative elections in April and May, and Léon Blum became prime minister on 4 June. He was the first socialist, and the first Jew, to hold the office. His government introduced paid holidays and the forty-hour week.