Editing Jean Moulin (section)

==Interwar years==
After [[World War I]], Moulin resumed his studies of law. His position as attaché at the préfecture of Hérault allowed him to finance his university studies while also providing a useful apprenticeship in politics and government. He obtained his [[law degree]] in July 1921<ref name=":0" /><sup>:52</sup>. He then entered the prefectural administration as chief of staff to the deputy of [[Savoie]] in 1922 and then ''[[Subprefectures in France|sous-préfet]]'' of [[Albertville]] from 1925 to 1930.

After his proposal of marriage to Jeanette Auran was rejected, Moulin, then aged 27, married a 19-year-old professional singer, Marguerite Cerruti, in the town of [[Betton-Bettonet]] in September 1926. The marriage did not last long. Cerruti quickly became bored and Moulin responded by offering her further singing lessons in Paris, where she disappeared for two days.<ref>[http://lavoixdu14e.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/07/10/jean-moulin-le-sacrifice-du-heros.html Jean Moulin le sacrifice du héros], La Voix du 14e</ref> Biographer [[Patrick Marnham]] cites one of the causes of the divorce being Moulin's mother-in-law, who had wanted to prevent her estate passing into Moulin's control upon Cerruti's 21st birthday. Moulin attempted to hide this rejection by excusing his wife's disappearances and not informing his family until after his divorce.<ref>Patrick Marnham: [https://books.google.com/books?id=aWMpDAAAQBAJ&dq=Patrick+Marnham+marguerite+cerruti&pg=PT74 ''Army of the Night: The Life and Death of Jean Moulin, Legend of the French Resistance''] I.B. Tauris, 2015, Google Books, accessed 21 November 2020</ref>
[[File:Georges Mandel - caricature par Romanin.jpg|left|thumb|Caricature of [[Raymond Poincaré]] by Jean Moulin, under his pseudonym, Romanin.]]
Moulin was appointed ''sous-préfet'' of [[Châteaulin]], Brittany in 1930. At the same time, he published political cartoons in the newspaper ''[[Le Rire]]'' under the pseudonym ''Romanin''. He also illustrated books by the Breton poet [[Tristan Corbière]], including an [[etching]] for ''La Pastorale de Conlie'', Corbière's poem about [[Camp Conlie]] where many Boon soldiers died in 1870 during the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. He also made friends with the Breton poets [[Saint-Pol-Roux]] in [[Camaret-sur-Mer|Camaret]] and [[Max Jacob]] in [[Quimper, Finistère|Quimper]].<ref>{{Cite book | last = Peyre | first = Alain | title = Jean Moulin dit Romanin (based on an exhibition of his work at the Galerie d'Art du Conseil General des Bouches-du-Rhone, Aix-En-Provence, 6 April – 25 June 2000) | publisher = [[Actes Sud]] | year = 2000 | location = Arles | page = 53 | isbn = 978-2-7427-2690-5}}</ref>

In 1932, [[Pierre Cot]], a [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist]] politician, named Moulin his second in command or ''chef adjoint'' when he was serving as Foreign Minister under [[Paul Doumer]]'s presidency. In 1933, Moulin was appointed ''sous-préfet'' of [[Thonon-les-Bains]], parallel to his function of head of Cot's cabinet in the Air Ministry under President [[Albert Lebrun]]. On 19 January 1934, Moulin was appointed ''sous-préfet'' of [[Montargis]], but he did not assume the office and chose to remain under Cot. In the first half of April, Moulin was appointed to the [[Seine]] ''préfecture'' and, on 1 July, he took his place as secretary general in [[Somme (department)|Somme]], in [[Amiens]]. In 1936, he was once more named chief of cabinet of Cot's Air Ministry of the Popular Front. In that capacity, Moulin was involved in Cot's efforts to assist the [[Second Spanish Republic]] by sending it planes and pilots. For the [[Istres]]-[[Damascus|Damas]]-[[Le Bourget]] race, he presented the winners with their prize; [[Benito Mussolini]]'s son was one of those winners. He became France's youngest ''[[préfet]]'' in the [[Aveyron]] ''[[département]]'', based in the [[communes of France|commune]] of [[Rodez]], in January 1937. It has been claimed that during the [[Spanish Civil War]], Moulin assisted with the shipment of arms from the [[Soviet Union]] to [[Spain]]. A more commonly-accepted version of events is that he used his position in the French air ministry to deliver planes to the Spanish Republican forces.