Léon Bourgeois
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| In office November 1, 1895 – April 29, 1896 |
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| Preceded by | Alexandre Ribot |
| Succeeded by | Jules Méline |
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| Born | May 21, 1851 |
| Died | September 29, 1925 (aged 74) |
| Political party | None |
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (May 21, 1851 – September 29, 1925) was a Jewish French statesman. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot (7 February 1842 13 January 1923 was a French politician four times Prime Minister. Félix Jules Méline (20 May 1838 21 December 1925 was a French statesman prime minister from 1896 to 1898 Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society After holding a subordinate office (1876) in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn (1882) and the Haute-Garonne (1885), and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior. Haute-Garonne ( Occitan: Nauta Garona; English: Upper Garonne) is a department in the southwest of France named after the He became prefect of police in November 1887, at the critical moment of Jules Grévy's resignation from the presidency. François Paul Jules Grévy (15 August 1807 - 9 September 1891 was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans In the following year he entered the chamber, being elected deputy for the Marne, in opposition to General Boulanger, and joined the radical left. Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department He was under-secretary for home affairs in Charles Floquet's ministry of 1888, and resigned with it in 1889, being then returned to the chamber for Reims. Charles Thomas Floquet (2 October 1828 - 18 January 1896 was a French statesman In the Pierre Tirard's ministry, which succeeded, he was minister of the interior, and subsequently, on March 18, 1890, minister of public instruction in the cabinet of Freycinet, a post for which he had qualified himself by the attention he had given to educational matters. Pierre Emmanuel Tirard (27 September 1827 - 4 November 1893 was a French Politician. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (14 November 1828 - 14 May 1923 was a French statesman and President of the Council during the Third Republic, part In this capacity he was responsible in 1890 for some important reforms in secondary education.
He retained his office in Émile Loubet's cabinet in 1892, and was minister of justice under Alexandre Ribot at the end of that year, when the Panama scandals were making the office one of peculiar difficulty. Émile François Loubet (31 December 1838 - 20 December 1929 was a French Politician and the 7th President of France. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot (7 February 1842 13 January 1923 was a French politician four times Prime Minister. The Panama scandals (also known as the "Panama Canal Scandal" were a corruption affair that broke out in the French Third Republic in 1892 linked to the building He energetically pressed the Panama prosecution, so much so that he was accused of having put wrongful pressure on the wife of one of the defendants in order to procure evidence. To meet the charge, he resigned in March 1893 but again took office and retired only with the rest of the Freycinet ministry.
In November 1895 he formed his own cabinet, distinctively radical, which fell as the result of a constitutional crisis arising from the persistent refusal of the senate to vote supply. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Bourgeois ministry seemed to think that popular opinion would enable them to override what they regarded as an unconstitutional action on the part of the upper house; but the public was indifferent and the senate triumphed. The blow damaged Bourgeois's career as an homme de gouvernement. As minister of public instruction in the Brisson cabinet of 1898 he organized courses for adults in primary education. Eugène Henri Brisson (31 July 1835 14 April 1912 was a French statesman Prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898 After this short ministry he represented his country with dignity and effect at the Hague peace congress, and in 1903 was nominated a member of the permanent court of arbitration. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting
He held somewhat aloof from the political struggles of the Waldeck-Rousseau and Combes ministries, travelling considerably in foreign countries. Émile Combes (1835 - 1921 was a French statesman, charged in 1902 of the constitution of the Bloc des gauches 's cabinet In 1902 and 1903 he was elected president of the chamber. In 1905 he replaced the duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier as senator for the department of Marne, and in May 1906 became minister of foreign affairs in the Sarrien cabinet. Edme Armand Gaston duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier ( 21 October 1823 &ndash 4 June 1905) was a French politician and member of the Académie He was responsible for the direction of French diplomacy in the conference at Algeciras. Algeciras - Arabic: الجزيرة الخضراء is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest urban area on the Bay of Gibraltar He was delegate to both Hague Conferences held on 1899 and 1907. The Hague Conventions were international treaties negotiated at the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague, Netherlands in 1899 and
Following World War I he became President of the Council of the League of Nations and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in 1920. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar
Bourgeois's Ministry, 1 November 1895 - 29 April 1896
- Léon Bourgeois - President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
- Marcellin Berthelot - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Godefroy Cavaignac - Minister of War
- Paul Doumer - Minister of Finance
- Louis Ricard - Minister of Justice
- Édouard Locroy - Minister of Marine
- Émile Combes - Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship
- Albert Viger - Minister of Agriculture
- Pierre-Paul Guieysse - Minister of Colonies
- Edmond Guyot-Dessaigne - Minister of Public Works
- Gustave Mesureur - Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs
Changes
- 28 March 1896 - Bourgeois succeeds Berthelot as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Marcellin (or Marcelin Pierre Eugène Berthelot ( October 25, 1827 - March 18, 1907) was a French Chemist and Politician Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac ( May 21, 1853 - September 25, 1905) French Politician, was born in Paris Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (22 March 1857 7 May 1932 was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination Édouard Lockroy ( July 18, 1838 - 1913 was a French Politician. Émile Combes (1835 - 1921 was a French statesman, charged in 1902 of the constitution of the Bloc des gauches 's cabinet Pierre-Paul Guieysse, ( May 11, 1841 – May 19, 1914) was a French Socialist politician Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ferdinand Sarrien succeeds Bourgeois as Minister of the Interior. Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien (1840-1915 was a French politician of the Third Republic.
External link and references
- About Leon Victor Auguste Bourgeois
- Initial text from a 1911 Encyclopedia. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica
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