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François-Félix Faure
b. 30 Jan 1841, Paris
d. 16 Feb 1899, Paris |
| Title: |
Président de la République française (President of the French Republic) |
| Term: |
17 Jan 1895 - 16 Feb 1899 |
| Chronology: |
17 Jan 1895,
elected, session of the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly), salle des séances de la Chambre des députés, Palais de Versailles, Versailles [1] |
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17 Jan 1895,
assumed the functions of office, public ceremony, Palais de Versailles, Versailles [2] |
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16 Feb 1899, died [3] |
| Biography: |
| Born in the family of a furniture maker; worked as tanner and merchant at Le Havre; was elected to local chamber of commerce; commanded a battalion of mobile guards during the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871); moderate republican; elected to Chambre des députés (Chamber of deputies) for Le Havre (1881-1885) and Seine-Inférieure (1885-1895); served as under-secretary for the colonies and commerce (14 Nov 1882 - 26 Jan 1882), under-secretary for marine and the colonies (22 Sep 1883 - 28 Apr 1885, 5 Jan 1888 - 19 Feb 1888), minister of marine (30 May 1894 - 17/26 Jan 1895); elected President of the Republic (17 Jan 1895); approved the conquest of Madagascar (1897); exchanged visits with the Emperor of Russia Nikolay II (1896, 1897); popularity was undermined over the Fashoda conflict, an unsuccessful confrontation with Great Britain in the Sudan (1898); opposed reopening the Dreyfus Affair, a 12-year social and political controversy (1894-1906), resulting from false conviction of an army captain of Jewish origin; suddenly died of cerebral hemorrhage. |
| Biographical sources: Dansette (1953) |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
1st vote (17 Jan 1895) |
2nd vote (17 Jan 1895) |
| votes cast |
793 |
801 |
| blank/invalid |
6 |
1 |
| valid votes |
787 |
800 |
| absolute majority |
395 |
401 |
| Eugène-Henri Brisson |
338 |
361 |
| François-Félix Faure |
244 |
430 |
| Pierre-Marie-René-Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau |
184 |
- |
| scattered |
21 |
9 |
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| Source of electoral results: Débats parlementaires, Assemblée nationale (supplement to JORF, No. 17, 18 Jan 1895), pp. 1-6. |
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| [1] |
Débats parlementaires, Assemblée nationale (supplement to JORF, No. 17, 18 Jan 1895), pp. 1-6. |
| [2] |
JORF, No. 17, 18 Jan 1895, pp. 305-306. |
| [3] |
JORF, No. 47, 17 Feb 1895, p. 1117; Journal des débats, politiques et littéraires, 18 Feb 1899, p. 1. |
