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Jean-Paul-Pierre Casimir-Perier b. 8 Nov 1847, Paris |
| Title: | Président de la République française (President of the French Republic) [see note] |
| Term: | 27 Jun 1894 - 16 Jan 1895 |
| Chronology: | 27 Jun 1894, elected by the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly), salle des séances de la Chambre des députés, Palais de Versailles [1, pp. 94-98]; immediately following the election installed as president, installation ceremony, Palais de Versailles [1, pp. 98-99] |
| 15 Jan 1895, president's irrevocable decision to resign the office communicated at about 21:00 to the President of the Council of Ministers, instructing him to notify the Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies; public announcement made at about 23:00 | |
| 16 Jan 1895, letter of resignation communicated to the Chamber of Deputies and to the Senate; notice taken [1, add. pp. 2-3] | |
| Names/titles: | Original name: Jean-Paul-Pierre-Casimir Périer; last name changed to Casimir Périer according to a presidential decree of 14 Mar 1874 [2]; contrary to the rules of French orthography, the family used Perier consistently instead of Périer |
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Son of Auguste-Casimir-Victor-Laurent Périer (from 14 Mar 1874 Auguste-Victor-Laurent Casimir Périer), minister of the interior (1871-1872, 1873); studied law at Lycée Bonaparte (1862-1866); served as a captain during the Franco-German War (1870-1871); general counselor for Nogent-sur-Seine (1873-1876); elected to Chambre des députés (Chamber of Deputies) as a left republican from the Aube département (1876-1883, 1883-1894); under-secretary for public education, arts and cults (20 Dec 1877 - 5 Feb 1879); under-secretary for war (17 Oct 1883 - 3 Jan 1885); served as vice president (12 Jan 1886 - 11 Jan 1893) and president (11 Jan 1893 - 5 Dec 1893) of the Chamber of Deputies; President of the Council of Ministers and minister for foreign affairs (3 Dec 1893 - 30 May 1894); for the second time elected president of the Chamber of Deputies (2 Jun 1894 - 27 Jun 1894); following the assassination of President Sadi Carnot elected (27 Jun 1894) President of the Republic; resigned after six months in office (16 Jan 1895); retired from politics; refused a proposal of President Émile Loubet to form Cabinet (1899). Biography source: [1, pp. 100-101; 3] |
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| [1] | "Gouvernements, ministères et constitutions de la France de 1789 a 1895. Supplément (1890-1895)", by Léon Muel (Paris: Librairie Guillaumin et Cie, 1895). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [2] | Bulletin des lois de la République française, XIIe série. 1er semestre de 1874. Partie principale, T. 8, bulletin N° 186, loi n° 2796 (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1895). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [3] | "Histoire des présidents de la République: de Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte à Vincent Auriol", by Adrien Dansette (Paris: Amiot-Dumont, 1953). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Image: photograph by Valery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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