Claude-Désiré Barodet
Claude-Désiré Barodet (born July 27, 1823 in Sermesse , Saône-et-Loire department , † April 18, 1906 in Vincelles , Jura department ) was a French politician .
Life
Barodet, son of a teacher, was initially destined for the clergy, but soon switched to teaching and was hired in 1847.
Dismissed in 1849 because of his Republican views, he was first tutor, then agent and manufacturer in Lyon . After the fall of the empire in 1870 ( Paris Commune ) he was one of the leaders of the radical party there and was appointed mayor of Lyon by Adolphe Thiers in 1871 at the request of the Conseil municipal . He had to resign when the National Assembly, by a special law of April 4, 1873, repealed the central mayy of Lyon and subordinated the municipal authorities to the government because of their radical tendencies.
The radical party then made him their candidate in a by-election in Paris against the moderate republican Charles de Rémusat , and Barodet won a victory on April 27 that led to the overthrow of Thiers, since the legitimists in the assembly made him the cause took to give Thiers a vote of no confidence.
At the beginning of the Third Republic , Barodet joined the extreme left in the National Assembly, the republican left in the Chamber of Deputies and was one of the leaders of the radicals.
At the age of over 82, Barodet died on April 18, 1906 in Vincelles and found his final resting place in the cemetery of La Croix-Rousse ( 4th arrondissement of Lyon ).
Honors
In the 4th arrondissement of Lyon a street was named after him in his honor.
literature
- Patrice Béghain, Bruno Benoît: Dictionnaire historique de Lyon . Bachès, Lyon 2009, ISBN 978-2-915266-65-8 .
- Jean-Louis Debré: Les oublés de la République . Fayard, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-213-63709-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barodet, Claude-Désiré |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barodet, Désiré |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sermesse |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1906 |
| Place of death | Vincelles , Jura department |