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François-Félix Faure b. 30 Jan 1841, Paris |
| Title: | Président de la République française (President of the French Republic) [see note] |
| 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; immediately following the election installed as president, installation ceremony, Palais de Versailles [1][2] |
| 16 Feb 1899, died [3] |
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source of electoral results: Annales du Sénat, Débats parlementaires: Session ordinaire de 1895: Tome XLII — Du 8 Janvier au 13 Avril 1895: Assemblée nationale (Séance du 17 Janvier 1895) (Paris: Imprimerie des journaux officiels, 1895), pp. 6, 8-9. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| [1] | Annales du Sénat, Débats parlementaires: Session ordinaire de 1895: Tome XLII — Du 8 Janvier au 13 Avril 1895: Assemblée nationale (Séance du 17 Janvier 1895) (Paris: Imprimerie des journaux officiels, 1895), pp. 5-11. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [2] | Bulletin des lois de la République française, N° 1673: N° 28913 - Nomination de M. Félix Faure à la Présidence de la République, in "Bulletin des lois de la République française", XIIe série, premier semestre de 1895. Partie principale. T. 50 (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1895), p. 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [3] | Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, samedi, 18 février 1899, p. 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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