Louis Andrieux
Louis Andrieux (born July 20, 1840 in Trévoux , † August 27, 1931 in Paris ) was a French politician , later police prefect of Paris and ambassador in Madrid.
Life
Louis Andrieux studied law in Paris and then settled as a lawyer in Lyon . He was able to make a name for himself in many processes, including political ones. Andrieux founded a private law school in Lyon and found a platform there as one of the pioneers of the liberal party against the Empire . Because of an insult to Emperor Napoléon III. Andrieux was sentenced to three months in prison in 1870.
After the German victory in the battle of Sedan , he was appointed procurator of the republic in Lyons and had a difficult position between the revolutionary and reactionary parties; nevertheless he fulfilled his duties on both sides. After Adolphe Thiers abdicated in 1873, Andrieux also asked for his dismissal from the civil service and resolutely fought against the reactionary Prefect of Lyon, Joseph Ducros .
In 1876 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies , in which he joined the Republican Union and worked for the unity of the liberal parties. In 1879 he was the rapporteur on the draft law, concerning the partial amnesty , and was then appointed police prefect of Paris, but when he was fiercely attacked by the radicals. He was therefore released in July 1881 and was appointed ambassador to Madrid in 1882, but soon dismissed as opponent of Léon Gambetta's partisans and since then has fought them fiercely.
Louis Andrieux is the biological father of the writer and poet Louis Aragon (1897–1982).
Works
- Souvenirs d'un ancien préfet de police (1885, 2 volumes)
- La Révision (1889)
- A travers la republique. Mémoires (1926)
literature
- Andrieux, Louis . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 1, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig / Vienna 1905, p. 505 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andrieux, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, prefect of police in Paris, ambassador to Madrid |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trévoux |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1931 |
| Place of death | Paris |