Bernard Edme Victor Etienne Lefranc (3 February 1809 – 12 September 1883), French lawyer and politician, moderate republican, was under the

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and Trade, then

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Life

Victor Lefranc was born at Garlin (

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). He studied in law and became lawyer. Moderated republican, he opposed

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. After the revolution of February 1848, he was elected as deputy in the constituent Assembly. The

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stopped his public life in 1851. During the Second Empire, he was famous at the Parisian bar. He failed in 1863 and in 1869 elections in the Landes against the official candidate of the second Empire. After the revolution of September 4, 1870, Victor Lefranc was elected at the French National Assembly. He was the rapporteur of the commission which entrusts to Thiers the executive power, then of the commission charged to reopen the negotiations with Prussia for peace. Victor Lefranc was named

and Trade on June 9, 1871, in the government of

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. He negotiated in London with the ministry

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the revision of the bilateral commercial treaties. Victor Lefranc became

on February 6, 1872. He restricted some liberties. On November 30, 1872, the monarchist majority voted against the policy of the Interior Minister, who gave his resignation at once. He became unremovable senator in 1881, and died in Saint-Sever, September 12, 1883.

Deputy

* April 25, 1848: deputy of the Landes to the constituent Assembly * May 13, 1849: deputy of the Landes to the Legislative Parliament * February 8, 1871: deputy of the Landes to the French National Assembly * February 20, 1876: deputy of the Landes to the French National Assembly * May 21, 1881: unremovable senator

Minister

* Minister of Agriculture and the trade (June 9, 1871 - February 6, 1872) * Minister of Interior Department (February 6, 1872 - November 30, 1872)

References

* ''Dictionnaire des parlementaires français 1789 - 1889'', by Robert and Cougny, Bourloton 1891. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefranc, Victor 1809 births 1883 deaths People from Béarn Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Moderate Republicans (France) Ministers of agriculture and commerce of France French interior ministers Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly Members of the National Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic Members of the National Assembly (1871) Members of the 1st Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic French life senators