Jean Charles Joseph de Laumond
Jean Charles Joseph de Laumond (born July 9, 1753 in Arras , † March 10, 1825 in Paris ) was a French politician and state councilor and prefect of several departments.
Live and act
After receiving appropriate training, Laumond held several positions in public administration. From 1773 to 1784 he was first secretary of the Intendance of Flanders and private secretary of Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon . Subsequently, Laumond became first secretary of the Intendance of Lorraine , then director of the “Administration de la Caisse” before he was appointed general administrator of the “Domaine national” and the French consul general in Smyrna .
During the French Revolution , Laumond was civil commissioner for the Armée d'Italie from 1798 to 1799 . In 1800 he received his appointment as Prefect of the Départemens Bas-Rhin , where he exchanged most of the previous administrative officials for Napoleon-friendly officials. He also had the German-language anti-Bonapartist newspaper “Chronik der Franken” (Chronicle of the Franks) and later the follow-up paper “Fränkischer Merkur” banned.
On September 15, 1804, Laumond was appointed as the successor to the no longer wearable Alexandre Méchin as Prefect of the Départements de la Roer , based in the London court in Aachen . Since he could not start his service until January 30, 1805, the official business was directed by the Aachen prefectural council Johann Friedrich Jacobi . In contrast to his predecessor, Laumond suppressed the ruling spy system as well as abuse of power and oppression in Aachen and also campaigned for education and culture. He was therefore extremely popular and respected among the population. Finally, on May 3, 1806, Laumond was transferred as prefect to the Seine-et-Oise department , where he served until 1810.
By imperial decree of August 6, 1810, he was appointed General Director of the French Mines and, in 1812, appointed to the Council of State for life. After the collapse of the First Empire , Laumond was forced to give up his post as general director in 1816, as the Bourbon monarchy, now again in power, decided on a new administration and a new strategy. Laumond remained a State Councilor and retired in 1818.
For his services in the Napoleonic era, Laumond was made a knight in 1803 and commander of the Legion of Honor in 1804, as well as Chevalier de l'Empire in 1808 and Comte de l'Empire in 1809.
literature
- Thomas R. Kraus : On the way to the modern age - Aachen in the French time 1792/93. 1794-1814. Verlag des Aachener Geschichtsverein , Aachen 1994, ISBN 3-9802705-1-3 , pp. 174/175 and others
- Hermann Krüssel: Horatius Aquisgranensis. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2004, ISBN 3-487-12720-2 , pp. 427-434 (digitized version )
- Alexis Blaise Eymery: The weather vanes of France or our contemporaries as they are. Fleischer Verlag, Leipzig 1816, pp. 282/283. (Digitized version)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laumond, Jean Charles Joseph de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, councilor and prefect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1753 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arras |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1825 |
| Place of death | Paris |