Casimir Pierre Périer
Casimir Pierre Périer (born October 11, 1777 in Grenoble , † May 16, 1832 in Paris ) was a French statesman.
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Casimir Pierre Périer came from an upper-class merchant family. He attended the Oratorian College in Lyon and participated early in the industrial ventures of the Périer family. In 1798 he joined the Genie Corps in the Army of Italy and attended the two following campaigns. After his return he founded a banking house with his older brother Scipion in Paris in 1801, which soon flourished. In a pamphlet he subjected the financial policy of the ministers to a harsh judgment and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies by the Seine department . In 1820 he joined the board of directors of the Banque de France . Although he vigorously fought the Villèle government and opposed the attempts of Charles X and his ministers to strengthen the monarchy, he also spoke out against the July Revolution of 1830 .
After the revolution, Périer was not immediately in favor of elevating the House of Orléans , but as a determined leader of the liberal center in favor of a constitutional monarchy . He was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies on August 6, 1830, but resigned this position on August 21, after he had entered the first ministry of the Louis-Philippe government on August 11 as a minister without a portfolio . After Jacques Laffitte took over the government on November 2, Périer resigned from the cabinet and returned to the presidential chair of the Chamber of Deputies on November 11, 1830, which he held until May 31, 1831.
From March 13, 1831, Périer was Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of France until his death . With his presidency the rule of the so-called Juste Milieu began . He acted with great severity against attempts to overthrow from left and right. While the Carlist uprising in the Vendée and the April republican riots were stifled with bloody severity, the Chamber of Deputies was dissolved because of its liberalism. But the newly elected Chamber was not voted more favorably for the Cabinet and, after a violent struggle, decided on October 18, 1831 with a large majority against the proposed hereditary status of the peerage . Despite this defeat Périer remained at the helm of state and suppressed vigorously the new unrest that on the news of the fall of Warsaw broke out, the revolt of the silk weavers in Lyon in November 1831 to the renewal of the Carlist movements in the spring of 1832. In foreign policy he promoted after the Belgian Revolution , the Belgian independence . The occupation of Ancona by the French on February 23, 1832 was a political success of Périer against Austria.
Périer died of cholera in Paris on the night of May 15-16, 1832 and found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery (Division 13). The architect Achille Leclère designed the tomb. Charles de Rémusat published Périers Opinions et discours in 1838 .
literature
- Périer, Casimir , in: Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon , 14th edition 1892-1896, Vol. 12, p. 1015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Marthe Camille Bachasson de Montalivet |
Minister of the Interior of France March 13, 1831 - May 16, 1832 |
Marthe Camille Bachasson de Montalivet |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard Jacques Laffitte |
President of the French Chamber of Deputies August 6, 1830 - August 21, 1830 November 11, 1830 - May 31, 1831 |
Jacques Laffitte Louis Gaspard Amédéee, Baron Girod de l'Ain |
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| SURNAME | Périer, Casimir Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grenoble |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1832 |
| Place of death | Paris |