Émile Zurlinden

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Émile Auguste François Thomas Zurlinden (3 November 1837 in

French Minister of War between 28 January 1895 and 1 November 1895 and again between 5 September 1898 and 17 September 1898 when he succeeded Godefroy Cavaignac. A general, he was previously governor of Paris, and he accepted the vacant post of minister of war at the personal request of the president of the republic. According to Joseph Jacobs, "he was an honest soldier, but narrow-minded;" insults in the press "did not fail to affect him".^[1]

He was closely involved in the

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References

^ ^a ^b Joseph Jacobs. Dreyfus Case (L'Affaire Dreyfus).

Political offices
Preceded by Auguste Mercier	Minister of War 28 January-1 November 1895	Succeeded by Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac
Preceded by Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac	Minister of War 5 September-17 September 1898	Succeeded by Charles Sulpice Jules Chanoine

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