Claude Ambroise Régnier

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Claude Ambroise Régnier, painted by Robert Lefèvre

Claude Ambroise Régnier , Duke of Massa (born April 6, 1746 in Blâmont (in the then Duchy of Lorraine , today in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department ); † June 24, 1814 in Paris ) was a French statesman and Minister of Justice under Napoleon Bonaparte .

Life

Claude Ambroise Régnier studied law and became one of the most valued lawyers in the Nancy Parliament . Shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolution , which he welcomed enthusiastically, he was appointed from the Nancy district on April 6, 1789 as a deputy of the Third Estate to the Estates General. There he belonged, although moderate, to the left and worked as a competent lawyer, especially in the committees for the organization of the judiciary and the new administration. After the unsuccessful attempt to escape by King Louis XVI. he was sent on June 22, 1791 as a commissioner in the départements of the Rhine to receive the oath of the troops there and to maintain calm. After the constitution was dissolved , he withdrew to his estates and escaped the persecution of the reign of terror there .

Elected on October 15, 1795 by the department of Meurthe as its representative in the council of ancients , he also committed himself to a moderate system here. From February 20, 1796 to March 21, 1796 and from May 20, 1798 to June 19, 1798 he served as President of the Council of Elders. On April 12, 1799, re-elected a member of the council of the ancients, he joined Napoleon closely after his return from Egypt and contributed significantly to his coup d'état of Brumaire (November 9, 1799) by moving the council proposed by the ancients and the Legislative Body to Saint-Cloud .

Appointed to the Council of State on December 25, 1799 , Régnier worked on finances and the civil code and, from September 14, 1802, united the ministries of justice and police under his leadership under the title of grand judge ( grand juge ). He led the trial against Cadoudal and Pichegru . After that he had to hand over the leadership of the police ministry on July 10, 1804 to Fouché , but kept that of the justice ministry. He was appointed Grand Officer on June 14, 1804 and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on February 2, 1805 , Count of the Empire on April 24, 1808 and Duke of Massa on August 15, 1809.

On November 20, 1813, Régnier resigned the office of Minister of Justice and became Minister of State and President of the Corps législatif , whose opposition he was unable to control despite all his efforts. During the first restoration of the Bourbons , he lost all his offices and died on June 24, 1814 at the age of 68 in Paris.

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SURNAME Régnier, Claude Ambroise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French statesman
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Blâmont ( Meurthe-et-Moselle department )
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1814
Place of death Paris