Émile Loubet
Émile François Loubet (born December 30, 1838 in Marsanne , † December 20, 1929 in Montélimar ) was a French politician ( ARD ) and statesman. From 1899 to 1906 he was president .
biography
After studying law and local and regional political functions in Montélimar, of which he was mayor, Loubet, who came from a wealthy peasant family, sat in the French Chamber of Deputies from 1876 to 1885 as a republican member of the Drôme department . In 1887 he first became a member of the government as Minister for Public Works. From February 27 to November 29, 1892 he served as prime minister.
Senator since 1885 , the left-wing and anti-clerical high-ranking Freemason was elected President of the Senate in 1896. On February 18, 1899 Loubet was elected President of France as the candidate of the left with 483 of 812 valid votes of the MPs and Senators as the successor to Félix Faure , who died in office . His rival candidate Jules Méline received 279 votes.
During Loubet's tenure, the French-Russian alliance was strengthened (Tsar Nicholas II visited Paris in 1901 , Loubet made a return visit to St. Petersburg in 1902), the Entente Cordiale and a general rapprochement with Great Britain, whose King Edward VII he was appointed to in 1904 Received state visit.
Loubet, who until then had behaved neutrally in the Dreyfus affair , initially refused in 1899 to pardon Dreyfus; this could also be understood as a criticism of the army and the military court proceedings. War Minister Galliffet suggested to Loubet that the pardon should be presented as an acte de haute humanité (Eng. Act of noble humanity ) and that Dreyfus' worrying state of health should be addressed in the decree. Loubet signed the decree on September 19, 1899.
Loubet pushed for the separation of church and state . Armand Fallières , who also came from the center-left camp, was elected as his successor in 1906 .
Appreciations
The Loubet coast in the west of the Antarctic Peninsula is named after Émile Loubet .
Web links
- Newspaper article about Émile Loubet in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Footnotes
- ↑ Louis Begley : The Dreyfus case: Devil's Island, Guantánamo, nightmare of history. Frankfurt 2009, p. 183.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Loubet, Émile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loubet, Émile François (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, President of France (1896–1906) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marsanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1929 |
| Place of death | Montélimar |