James Fazy

Fazy, 1870

James (Jean Jacob) Fazy (born May 12, 1794 in Geneva ; † November 6, 1878 in Le Petit-Saconnex , resident in Geneva) was a Swiss politician and publicist .

biography

Fazy received his education in France , settled in Paris and as a journalist took part in the struggle of the liberal opposition against the Restoration , signed the protest of the French journalists against the Julietonnances on July 26, 1830, fought the candidacy of the Duke of Orleans and returned After suffering several persecutions for press offenses, he returned to his hometown in 1833, where he had already founded the Journal de Genève in 1826 .

Here he edited the Revue de Genève , organized the radical movement of November 22nd, 1841 and, when the same failed, the uprising of October 5-8, 1846, headed the provisional and subsequently the newly constituted government and championed it As envoy of Geneva at the Diet of 1847/48, the introduction of the American bicameral system into the new Swiss federal constitution was successful.

From 1846, only with the interruption of the electoral term from 1853 to 1855, the head of the Geneva government, he made a powerful contribution to transforming the old Calvinist Geneva into a modern cosmopolitan city by razing the fortifications, executing great public buildings, etc. but his by no means impeccable private life and his dictatorial rule aroused displeasure, so that in 1861 and 1863 he was no longer elected to the State Council.

After his renewed candidacy in August 1864 had led to bloody turmoil and a temporary federal occupation of Geneva, his influence was broken.

Works (selection)

In addition to his newspapers and numerous political and economic brochures, he wrote:

François Ruchon (ed.): Les mémoires de James F., homme d'Etat genevois (1794-1878) . Geneva 1947
L'Homme aux portions, ou conversations philosophiques et politiques . Paris 1821
La mort de Levrier, tragédie nationale génevoise, en trois actes et en vers . Geneva 1826
Principes d'organisationindustrie pour le développement des richesses en France . Paris 1830
Essai d'un précis de l'histoire de la republique de Genève . Geneva 1838–40, 2 vols.
De l'intelligence collective des sociétés: Cours de législation constitutionnelle . Geneva 1873

literature

Jean de Senarclens: Fazy, James. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Jakob Schneider: James Fazy. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Fazy, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fazy, Jean Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politician and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 1878
Place of death	Geneva

[1] Jakob Schneider: James Fazy. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .