André Léon Blum (9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French politician. He was a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), an early French Socialist party. He served as prime minister of the Third Republic twice (the first Jew to hold the office); the first term from June 1936 to June 1937, and the second from March to April of 1938. He also served in the dual capacity of head of state and government in the post-World War II Provisional Government of the French Republic from December 1946 to January 1947; he also served as foreign minister.