Léonor-Joseph Havin

Léonor-Joseph Havin (born April 2, 1799 in Paris , † November 12, 1868 in Torigni-sur-Vire ( Département Manche )) was a French publicist and politician .

Life

Havin's father Léonor-Edouard Havin was a lawyer and became a member of the National Convention in the wake of the French Revolution . He held various high offices until the Restoration and was therefore sent into exile in 1816. First he stayed with his family in England and then in Belgium. In 1820 he was allowed to return to France.

Havin completed his law degree in Caen , where he also graduated. Since then he has been involved with the young liberals . In 1830 he was elected as a delegate of the Manche to the transitional government and from 1831 he was a member of the Chambre des députés . Furthermore, Havin was appointed justice of the peace in Saint-Lô in 1835 .

In 1839 he was promoted to secretary of the Chamber of Deputies, but was removed from this post in 1842. Alongside Odilon Barrot, Harvin was always in opposition to the government and dealt mainly with budgetary issues. But he could hardly prevail against the overwhelming power of Adolphe Thiers and Charles de Rémusat .

On the day of the February Revolution in 1848 , with the help of left-wing MPs, he called for Marshal Bugeau to be replaced by General Lamoricière . Barrot was commissioned to set up a corresponding ministry, which only existed for a short time. Harvin was subsequently appointed Commissioner of the Provisional Government of the Manche and Council of State. Havin protested sharply against the coup d'état in 1851, resigned his offices and subsequently withdrew from politics.

Harvin turned now to journalism. After Louis Perrée died, Harvin took over the post of editor-in-chief for politics in the Journal Le Siècle . He adjusted the paper to his liberal views. He also observed the Risorgimento in Italy and reported about it regularly. Although he wrote articles regularly but rarely, he managed to make Le Siècle one of the most important newspapers of the time. Harvin ran the resort until shortly before his death.

In 1861 Havin returned to the political arena. He was re-elected to the conseil générale in the Manche . In addition to his membership of parliament, he was president of the conseil générale eight times from 1833 and between 1840 and 1851 mayor of Torigni-sur-Vire .

literature

Pierre Larousse : Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle , Volume 9, Page 117

Individual evidence

↑ Pierre Larousse : Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle , Volume 9, Administration du grand dictionnaire universel , Paris, digitized , page 117, accessed on January 11, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Havin, Léonor-Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French publicist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	November 12, 1868
Place of death	Torigni-sur-Vire

[1] Pierre Larousse : Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle , Volume 9, Administration du grand dictionnaire universel , Paris, digitized , page 117, accessed on January 11, 2017.