Jean-Pierre Bachasson de Montalivet
Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet , (born July 5, 1766 in Neunkirch (en) near Saargemünd , † January 22, 1823 at the Château de Lagrange in Saint-Bouize , Cher department ), was a French statesman .
Montalivet entered the military at an early age and studied law . From 1785 to 1790 he was a councilor in the Parliament of Grenoble . As a result of the quarrels between the parliaments and the Minister Loménie de Brienne , he retired to Valence for private life.
During the French Revolution , he joined the Army of Italy in 1794 . After the establishment of the directorate , he became Maire zu Valence, under the French consulate prefect in the department of Manche , then of the department of Seine-et-Oise , 1804 Conseil d'État , 1806 director of bridges and roads and on October 1, 1809 Minister of the Interior .
He executed the great buildings of Napoleon I , including the Arc de Triomphe of Paris and the Palais Brongniart . During the reign of the Hundred Days , he was appointed general director ( intendant général ) to manage the crown property .
After the second restoration , he retired from public life to his Duberri estate , and in 1819 was appointed Peer of France .
His son Marthe Camille Bachasson de Montalivet was also an important politician, and several times Minister of the Interior of France.
Honors
Several roads in France were named after him, as well as the Montalivet Islands off the Western Australian coast.
literature
- Literature by and about Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet in the Online Computer Library Center
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Joseph Fouché |
Minister of the Interior of France October 1, 1809 - April 1, 1814 |
Jacques Beugnot |
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| SURNAME | Bachasson de Montalivet, Jean-Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neukirch near Sarreguemines |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1823 |
| Place of death | Château de Lagrange , Saint-Bouize , Cher department |