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Jules Grévy
François Judith Paul Grévy, known as Jules Grévy, was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887. He was a leader of the Moderate Republicans, and given that his predecessors were monarchists who tried without success to restore the French monarchy, Grévy is considered the first real republican president of France. During Grévy's presidency from 1879 to 1887…
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politics · President of France from 1879 to 1887 · statesperson · lawyer · politician · official · also Jules Grévy, François Paul Jules Grévy, Grévy
Born 15 August 1807 · Died 9 September 1891 · Q296083
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2024· 2 entries
Le Progrès: Mont-sous-Vaudrey Une conférence sur Jules Grévy, ce président jurassien trop peu connu
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L'Est républicain: Franche-Comté « Seul président de la République comtois, Jules Grévy a aussi été le premier républicain »
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2023· 1 entry
Le Progrès: Ce jour-là 30 janvier 1879 : Jules Grévy devient président de la République
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2022· 2 entries
Europe1: Jules Grévy, le président de tous les records
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L'Est républicain: Accueil Politique Jules Grévy, Raymond Poincaré et Albert Lebrun : trois présidents de la République ...
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1891· 1 entry
Died 1891-09-09.
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1888· 1 entry
“Political and Judicial Speeches”
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1885· 1 entry
But two years later Grévy's son-in-law was implicated in a corruption scandal and Grévy had to resign after exhausting the pool of willing politicians to form a fresh government
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1880· 1 entry
Passed an amnesty law in favor of the communards
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1879· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the French Republic (1879–1887).
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Career landmark: French co-prince of Andorra (1879–1887).
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1877· 1 entry
Grévy would become the head of the Republican Party
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1870· 2 entries
And condemned the socialist insurrection of the Paris Commune
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Grévy returned to prominence in national politics
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1868· 2 entries
Career landmark: bâtonnier (1868–1870).
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Was elected to the Corps législatif, where he quickly emerged as a leader of the liberal opposition
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1851· 1 entry
His fear that Louis-Napoléon intended to perpetuate himself in power was proven true, when the president seized dictatorial power with a coup d'état on 2 December, in which Grévy was arrested and imprisoned in Mazas Pris
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1848· 3 entries
Career landmark: Prefect of Jura (1848–1848).
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A revolution in France abolished the July Monarchy and led to the creation of the Second Republic, and with it Grévy was appointed Commissioner of the Republic for the department of Jura
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To Coralie Frassie, the daughter of a tanner from Narbonne
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1837· 1 entry
Distinguishing himself at the Conférence du barreau de Paris
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1807· 1 entry
Born 1807-08-15.
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