- Victor Lefranc
Bernard Edme Victor Etienne Lefranc (1809–1883), French lawyer and politician, moderated republican, was under the
French Third Republic Minister of Agriculture and Trade, then Interior Minister.Victor Lefranc was born at Garlin (Landes). He studied in law and became lawyer.
Moderated republican, he was opponent with
Louis-Philippe . After the revolution of February 1848, he was elected as deputy in the constituent Assembly. TheCoup d'état stopped his public life in 1851. During theSecond Empire , he was famous at the Parisian bar. He failed in 1863 and in 1869 elections in the Landes against the official candidate of the second Empire.After the revolution of
September 4 1870 , Victor Lefranc was elected at the French National Assembly. He was the rapporteur of the commission which entrusts to Thiers the executive power, then of the commission charged to reopen the negotiations with Prussia for peace.Victor Lefranc was named Minister of Agriculture and Trade on
June 9 1871 , in the government ofJules Armand Dufaure . He negotiated in London with the ministry Gladstone the revision of the bilateral commercial treaties.Victor Lefranc became Interior Minister on
February 6 1872 . He restricted some liberties. OnNovember 30 1872 , the monarchist majority voted against the policy of the Interior Minister, who gave his resignation at once.He became unremovable senator in 1881, and died in Saint-Sever,
September 12 1883 .Deputy
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April 25 1848 : deputy of the Landes to the constituent Assembly
*May 13 1849 : deputy of the Landes to the Legislative Parliament
*February 8 1871 : deputy of the Landes to the French National Assembly
*February 20 1876 : deputy of the Landes to the French National Assembly
*May 21 1881 : unremovable senatorSAMANAFATTU LA CREMERIA BABBUDDIOU?Minister
* Minister of Agriculture and the trade (
June 9 1871 -February 6 1872 )
* Minister of Interior Department (February 6 1872 -November 30 1872 )References
* "Dictionnaire des parlementaires français 1789 - 1889", by Robert and Cougny, Bourloton 1891.
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