François Thévenet
François Marie Thévenet (born April 6, 1845 in Lyon , † April 7, 1910 in Paris ) was a French lawyer and politician . From February 1889 to March 1890 he was Minister of Justice. He was also a senator from 1892 to 1900 .
Life
François Marie Thévenet studied law in Paris. He became a lawyer and in 1875 a municipal councilor in his hometown, then a member and president of the general council of the Rhône department . In October 1885 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies , in which he joined the republican left. On February 22, 1889, he entered the cabinet of Pierre Tirard as Minister of Justice and busily prosecuted Georges Boulanger and his supporters, for which he was violently attacked by the Boulangists. In the new cabinet formed on March 17, 1890 by Charles de Freycinet , Armand Fallières took his post .
From January 1892 to January 1900, Thévenet was a senator , where he again represented the Seine department. Because of his strong support for the resumption of the trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus (1898) Thévenet was not re-elected in January 1900; he lost to Léon Repiquet in the third ballot . He died in Paris on April 7, 1910 at the age of 65.
literature
- François Thévenet . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 17, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 792.
Web links
- François Thévenet on the Assemblée nationale website(French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thévenet, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thévenet, François Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1910 |
| Place of death | Paris |