Henri Brisson

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Henri Brisson
Prime Minister of France
In office 28 June 1898 – 1 November 1898
President	Félix Faure
Preceded by	Jules Méline
Succeeded by	Charles Dupuy
In office 6 April 1885 – 7 January 1886
President	Jules Grévy
Preceded by	Jules Ferry
Succeeded by	Charles de Freycinet
Personal details
Born	31 July 1835 Bourges, Kingdom of France
Died	14 April 1912(1912-04-14) (aged 76) Paris, France
Political party	Radical

Eugène Henri Brisson (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi bʁisɔ̃]; 31 July 1835 – 14 April 1912) was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898.^[1]

Biography

He was born at

• Henri Brisson –
  Minister of Justice
• Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Minister of War
• Minister of the Interior
• Minister of Finance
• Minister of Marine and Colonies
• Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship
• Hervé Mangon – Minister of Agriculture
• Sadi Carnot
  – Minister of Public Works
• Ferdinand Sarrien – Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
• Pierre Legrand – Minister of Commerce

Changes

• 16 April 1885 –
  Sadi Carnot succeeds Clamageran as Minister of Finance. Charles Demôle
  succeeds Carnot as Minister of Public Works.
• 9 November 1885 – Pierre Gomot succeeds Mangon as Minister of Agriculture. Lucien Dautresme succeeds Legrand as Minister of Commerce.

Brisson's Second Ministry, 28 June – 1 November 1898

• Henri Brisson – President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
• Théophile Delcassé – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Godefroy Cavaignac – Minister of War
• Paul Peytral – Minister of Finance
• Ferdinand Sarrien – Minister of Justice and Worship
• Édouard Locroy
  – Minister of Marine
• Léon Bourgeois – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• Albert Viger – Minister of Agriculture
• Georges Trouillot – Minister of Colonies
• Louis Tillaye – Minister of Public Works
• Émile Maruéjouls – Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs

Changes

• 5 September 1898 – Émile Zurlinden succeeds Cavaignac as Minister of War
• 17 September 1898 – Charles Chanoine succeeds Zurlinden as Minister of War. Jules Godin succeeds Tillaye as Minister of Public Works.
• 25 October 1898 –
  Édouard Locroy
  succeeds Chanoine as interim Minister of War, remaining also Minister of Marine.

References

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brisson, Eugène Henri". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 574.

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Political offices
Preceded by Léon Gambetta	President of the Chamber of Deputies 1881–1885	Succeeded by Charles Floquet
Preceded by Félix Martin-Feuillée	Minister of Justice 1885	Succeeded by Charles Demôle
Preceded by Jules Ferry	Prime Minister of France 1885–1886	Succeeded by Charles de Freycinet
Preceded by Auguste Burdeau	President of the Chamber of Deputies 1894–1898	Succeeded by Paul Deschanel
Preceded by Jules Méline	Prime Minister of France 1898	Succeeded by Charles Dupuy
Preceded by Louis Barthou	Minister of the Interior 1898
Preceded by Léon Bourgeois	President of the Chamber of Deputies 1904–1905	Succeeded by Paul Doumer
Preceded by Paul Doumer	President of the Chamber of Deputies 1906–1912	Succeeded by Paul Deschanel