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Minister Of Police (France)
The Minister of Police () was the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of Police (France), Ministry of Police. It was a position in the Cabinet of France, Government of France from 1796 to 1818 and briefly from 1852 to 1853. History The office was created on 2 January 1796 by taking police powers away from the Minister of Interior (France), Minister of Interior and giving them to the new Minister of Police. The move was motivated by an apparent overload of the Interior department. The first minister, Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, Philippe-Antoine Merlin, was appointed two days later, as Armand-Gaston Camus refused the office. The most famous minister was Joseph Fouché, whose service spanned over a decade. It was a major French ministerial position under the French Directory, Directory, French Consulate, Consulate, First French Empire, First Empire, and Bourbon Restoration in France, Restored Bourbon Dynasty. The position was merged into the Ministry of In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Fouché
Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouché (; 21 May 1759 – 26 December 1820) was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, who later became a subordinate of Emperor Napoleon. He was particularly known for the ferocity with which he suppressed the Lyon insurrection during the Revolution in 1793 and for being a highly competent minister of police under the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire. In 1815, he served as President of the Executive Commission, which was the provisional government of France installed after the abdication of Napoleon. In English texts, his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto. Youth Fouché was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes. His mother was Marie Françoise Croizet (1720–1793), and his father was Julien Joseph Fouché (1719–1771). He was educated at the college of the Oratorians at Nantes, and showed aptitude for literary and scientific studies. Want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cochon De Lapparent
Charles Cochon Lapparent (24 January 1750 – 17 July 1825) was a French politician and Minister of Police. Biography He was born 24 January 1750 in Champdeniers-Saint-Denis. He was born into a bourgeois family that was formerly Protestant, a religion they were required to recant. Lapparent was elected deputy of the Third Estate, and he held important functions in the National Convention, in the armies of the Republic and the committee of public health. On 9 Thermidor, he participated in the fall of Robespierre. During a meeting of the French Directory he was appointed minister of police. However, he was accused of being royalist and deported. During the time of the Consulate and the First French Empire, he held important posts, but in 1815 he was forced to leave France, being allowed to return to Poitiers after a year of exile. He died 17 July 1825 in Poitiers Poitiers is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune in France, commune, the capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Cabinet Of Napoleon I
The First Cabinet of Napoleon I was appointed by the Emperor Napoleon I upon the establishment of the First French Empire on 18 May 1804, replacing the Cabinet of the Consulate. It was succeeded by the French Provisional Government of 1814 following the downfall of Napoleon and the abolition of the Empire. Formation At the session of the Tribunat on 3 Floréal year XII (23 April 1804) Jean-François Curée proposed that Napoleon, then First Consul, be declared hereditary Emperor of France. The motion was supported by several members of the Tribunat, with only Lazare Carnot speaking against it. At a session of the Senate on 28 Floréal year XII (18 May 1804) attended by Consul Charles-François Lebrun and all the ministers a motion was adopted in which Napoleon was declared hereditary Emperor of the French. The formal coronation ceremony was delayed until 11 Frimaire year XIII (2 December 1804), when Pope Pius VII attended and Napoleon crowned himself in the Notre Dame de Paris. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fouché Joseph Duke Of Otranto
Fouché or Fouche may refer to: *George Fouché, South African race car driver * Guy Fouché (1921–1998), French operatic tenor *Jacobus Johannes Fouché, former president of South Africa *James Fouché (born 1998), New Zealand racing cyclist *Joseph Fouché, French statesman and Napoleon's chief of police *Margareta Fouché, German noble *Nicolas Fouché Nicolas Fouché (1653–1733) was a French painter. Fouché was born in Troyes, the son of painter Léonard Fouché. He was received into the Académie de Saint-Luc on 15 March 1679. The abbé de Monville, biographer of Pierre Mignard, called ..., French artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Fouche French-language surnames Surnames of French origin Afrikaans-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Of The French
Emperor of the French ( French: ''Empereur des Français'') was the title of the monarch and supreme ruler of the First French Empire and the Second French Empire. The emperor of France was an absolute monarch. Details After rising to power by the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 and ending the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor on 18 May 1804 by the Senate and was crowned Emperor of the French on 2 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, in Paris, with the Crown of Napoleon. The title of "Emperor of the French" was also supposed to demonstrate that Napoleon's coronation was not a restoration of the monarchy, but an introduction of a new political system: the French Empire. The title emphasized that the emperor governed over "the French people" (the nation) with their consent, did not rule over France (the state), and was an office under the French Republic similar to the previous office of First Consul. The old formula of "King of Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career of Napoleon, a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He led the French First Republic, French Republic as French Consulate, First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then ruled the First French Empire, French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814, and briefly again in 1815. He was King of Italy, King of Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic), Italy from 1805 to 1814 and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine from 1806 to 1813. Born on the island of Corsica to a family of Italian origin, Napoleon moved to mainland France in 1779 and was commissioned as an officer in the French Royal Army in 1785. He supported the French Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of The French Consulate
The Cabinet of the French Consulate was formed following the Coup of 18 Brumaire which replaced the Directory with the Consulate. The new regime was ratified by the adoption of the Constitution of the Year VIII on 24 December 1799 and headed by Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, with Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès and Charles-François Lebrun Charles-François Lebrun, 1st duc de Plaisance (, 19 March 1739 – 16 June 1824) was a French statesman who served as Third Consul of the French Republic and was later created Arch-Treasurer by Napoleon I. Biography ''Ancien Régime'' ... serving as Second and Third Consuls respectively. Ministers The Ministers under the consulate were:* References {{Reflist Napoleon Government of France French Consulate Historical legislatures 1799 in France 1799 events of the French Revolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Sébastien Bourguignon
Claude Sébastien Bourguignon-Dumolard (born March 18, 1760 in Vif, died April 23, 1829 in Paris) was a French jurist and politician. Childhood and youth He was born in the fortified house of Molard, in the hamlet of Champrond, near Vif, and spent his childhood in the valley of the Gresse. He then went to Grenoble to study law. There he met his future wife, Dorothée Grand-Thorane, whom he married on 6 June 1780. The couple lived in Grenoble and had a son, Henri-Frédéric, in 1785. French Revolution At the beginning of the French Revolution, he was a municipal officer, fulfilling administrative and judicial functions. Arrested on May 31, 1793 as an influential federalist, he was imprisoned in the Sainte-Marie d'en-Haut monastery in Grenoble. He was released after a few days for health reasons and confined to his home instead. Eventually released, he left Grenoble in 1794 and took refuge in Paris to escape the Law of Suspects. There he dropped the name Dumolard, by which he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Duval
Jean-Pierre Duval, born February 20, 1754 in Rouen, died August 23, 1817 in Paris) was a politician of the French Revolution. Biography In 1778, Jean-Pierre Duval became a lawyer in the Parlement of Rouen. In September 1792, while serving as clerk of the central office of justices of the peace in Rouen, Duval was elected deputy for the department of Seine-Inférieure, to the National Convention. During the trial of Louis XVI, he voted for detention and perpetual banishment, and spoke in favour of the appeal to the people and a stay of execution.He did not participate in the vote on the indictment of Jean-Paul Marat in April 1793, nor in the vote on the reestablishment of the Commission of Twelve in May of the same year. Under the Directory, from 17 October 1795-15 May 1797 he was a member of the Council of Five Hundred, again representing Seine-Inférieure. He was Minister of Police from 29 October 1798 until 23 June 1799. During the Consulate, he sat, again for Seine-Inférieure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier D'Ardon
Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier d'Ardon (20 November 1752 – 22 August 1799) was a wealthy French landowner who entered politics during the French Revolution and was Minister of Police for a few months. Early years Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier d'Ardon was born in Laon (Aisne) on 20 November 1752. He was one of the wealthiest landowners in the province, and was appointed the king's secretary and mayor of Laon. On 22 March 1789 he was elected deputy of the third estate for Vermandois in the Estates General. He sat with the reformers, and spoke against export of grain. In June 1791 he was secretary of the Assembly. He was president of the district of Chauny after the session. Convention Lecarlier was elected a member of the National Convention for the department of Aisne on 6 September 1792. At the trial of King Louis XVI of France he voted for the appeal to the people and against the suspension. His vote on the death sentence was not recorded, but he is be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Dondeau
Nicolas Dondeau (25 March 1752 – 21 October 1834) was a French lawyer and politician who was Minister of Police during the French Revolution. Early years Nicolas Dondeau was born at Fontaine-Denis, Marne, on 25 March 1752. His parents were ''sieur'' Claude Dondeau and Catherine Bregeon. He was made principal of Anchin College in Douai in 1772. He became an advocate at the parliament of Douai in 1785, where he exercised various administration and judicial functions. On 23 April 1786 he married Marguerite-Françoise Davesnes, daughter of an advocate at the parliament of Flanders. In May 1791 he was a municipal commissioner of Douai, and in the absence of Louis-Joseph Art was acting as ''procureur'' of the commune. Dondeau entered the administration and became a head of division in the Ministry of the General Police under Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai. Minister Dondeau was named Minister of the General Police on 25 Pluvôise VI (13 February 1798). He replaced Pierre Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
