Victor Lefranc
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Bernard Edme Victor Etienne Lefranc (1809–1883), French lawyer and politician, moderated republican, was under the French Third Republic
Minister of Agriculture
and Trade, then Interior Minister.
(Pyrénées-Atlantiques
). He studied in law and became lawyer.
Moderated republican, he was opponent with Louis-Philippe. After the revolution of February 1848, he was elected as deputy in the constituent Assembly. The Coup d'état
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 Minister of Agriculture
and Trade on June 9, 1871, in the government of Jules Armand Dufaure
. He negotiated in London with the ministry Gladstone
the revision of the bilateral commercial treaties.
Victor Lefranc became Interior Minister 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.
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture (France)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing of France is the governmental body charged with regulation and policy, for agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food.The department is headquartered in Hotel Villeroy, at No...
and Trade, then Interior Minister.
Life
Victor Lefranc was born at GarlinGarlin
Garlin is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
(Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
). He studied in law and became lawyer.
Moderated republican, he was opponent with Louis-Philippe. After the revolution of February 1848, he was elected as deputy in the constituent Assembly. The Coup d'état
Coup d'état
A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
stopped his public life in 1851. During the Second Empire
Second French Empire
The Second French Empire or French Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France.-Rule of Napoleon III:...
, 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
Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871...
the executive power, then of the commission charged to reopen the negotiations with Prussia for peace.
Victor Lefranc was named Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture (France)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing of France is the governmental body charged with regulation and policy, for agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food.The department is headquartered in Hotel Villeroy, at No...
and Trade on June 9, 1871, in the government of Jules Armand Dufaure
Jules Armand Dufaure
Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman.-Biography:Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics, and in 1834 was elected deputy...
. He negotiated in London with the ministry Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...
the revision of the bilateral commercial treaties.
Victor Lefranc became Interior Minister 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
Senator for life
A senator for life is a member of the senate or equivalent upper chamber of a legislature who has life tenure. , 7 Italian Senators out of 322, 4 out of the 47 Burundian Senators and all members of the British House of Lords have lifetime tenure...
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)