Philippe Le Royer

Philippe Le Royer

Philippe Elie Le Royer (born June 27, 1816 in Geneva , † February 22, 1897 in Paris ) was a French politician .

biography

After attending school, he studied law and, after completing his studies, was a lawyer in Paris and then in Chalon-sur-Saône , before he began working as a lawyer in Lyon in 1855 . After September 4, 1870, he became General Procurator of Lyon, but resigned a few months later in January 1871.

After the founding of the Third French Republic , he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies on February 8, 1871 , where he represented the Rhône department for the republican left ( Gauche républicaine ) until December 13, 1875 .

On January 1, 1875, he was appointed a member of the Senate for life.

During that time he served from February 4 to December 28, 1879 as Secretary of Justice in the government of Prime Minister William Henry Waddington . Previously, in January 1878, he had rejected his appointment as General Procurator at the Court of Auditors ( Cour des Comptes ) as well as in January 1879 at the Court of Cassation .

Later he was initially vice-president before he was elected President of the Senate on February 2, 1882 with 188 votes and 175 against . He held this position for more than eleven years until February 24, 1893. During this time, as chairman of the National Assembly, he led the ballots for the re-election of President Jules Grévy on December 28, 1885 and for the election of Marie François Sadi Carnot on December 3, 1887 after the forced resignation of Jules Grévy.

Web links

Commons : Philippe-Élie Le Royer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Governments of France on the website of the National Assembly
• Entry on the homepage of the Assemblée nationale
• Entry on the Senate homepage

predecessor	Office	successor
Jules Dufaure	Minister of Justice of France February 4, 1879 - December 28, 1879	Jules Cazot

predecessor	Office	successor
Léon Say	French Senate President February 2, 1882 - February 24, 1893	Jules Ferry