Jean Thibaudin

Jean Thibaudin

Jean Thibaudin (born November 13, 1822 in Moulins-Engilbert , Département Nièvre , † September 19, 1905 in Paris ) was a French general and minister of war .

Life

Jean Thibaudin entered the Saint-Cyr school in 1841 , became an infantry lieutenant in 1843, initially served in Algiers, fought as a captain in Italy in 1859 and, as a colonel, commanded the 67th line regiment in the Rhine Army in 1870 . During the Franco-Prussian War he fell into German captivity at Mars-la-Tour on August 16, 1870 and was interned in Mainz .

From there, Thibaudin fled to France in December 1870, breaking his word of honor, and made himself available again to the Minister of War. After taking his mother's name, Comagny, he was given command of the 2nd Division of the 24th Army Corps in Bourbaki's army and, after the dismissal of General Jean Baptiste de Bressolles, that of the corps, with which Thibaudin on 1. Transferred to Switzerland in February 1871.

After the war, Thibaudin was not condemned by the investigative commission, but put into inactivity due to a complaint from the German government. However, as early as 1872 he was rehabilitated, appointed Colonel of the 32nd Line Regiment and, since he showed himself to be an avid Republican, soon promoted to Brigadier General and, after having been Director of Infantry in the War Department under General Jean Joseph Farre , to Division General in 1882 .

Since Thibaudin declared himself ready during the ministerial crisis at the end of January 1883 to take over the execution of the pretenders' law against the Prince of Orléans serving in the army , he was appointed Minister of War on January 30, 1883 . He carried out the transformation of the fortress artillery according to the design of General Jean-Baptiste Billot and was on October 4, 1883 by Prime Minister Jules Ferry because of his tactless behavior when visiting the Spanish King Alfonso XII. forced to resign in Paris. In March 1885 he was appointed President of the Advisory Committee on Infantry Affairs and in December 1886 as Commandant of Paris, but was deposed in November 1887 because of his relationships with Mrs. Limouzin, who had been incriminated by the order chessman.

literature

• Jean Thibaudin . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 15, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, pp. 650–651.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean-Baptiste Billot	Minister of War of France January 31, 1883 - October 9, 1883	Jean-Baptiste Campenon