Jules Ferry
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Portrait of Jules Ferry by Léon Bonnat (1888)
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President of the French Senate Member of the French Senate for Vosges |
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In office 24 February 1893 – 17 March 1893 |
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| President | Marie François Sadi Carnot |
| Preceded by | Philippe Le Royer |
| Succeeded by | Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour |
| 36th Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 21 February 1883 – 30 March 1885 |
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| President | Jules Grévy |
| Preceded by | Armand Fallières |
| Succeeded by | Henri Brisson |
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In office 23 September 1880 – 10 November 1881 |
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| President | Jules Grévy |
| Preceded by | Charles de Freycinet |
| Succeeded by | Léon Gambetta |
| Minister of Public Education and Fine Arts | |
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In office 21 February 1883 – 20 November 1883 |
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| Prime Minister | Jules Grévy |
| Preceded by | Jules Duvaux |
| Succeeded by | Armand Fallières |
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In office 30 January 1882 – 29 July 1882 |
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| Prime Minister | Charles de Freycinet |
| Preceded by | Paul Bert |
| Succeeded by | Jules Duvaux |
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In office 4 February 1879 – 10 November 1881 |
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| Prime Minister |
William Waddington Charles de Freycinet Himself |
| Preceded by | Agénor Bardoux |
| Succeeded by | Paul Bert |
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Member of the French Chamber of Deputies for Vosges |
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In office 8 February 1871 – 6 October 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Louis Buffet |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Picot |
| 10th Mayor of Paris | |
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In office 15 November 1870 – 5 June 1871 |
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| Preceded by | Étienne Arago |
| Succeeded by |
Office abolished Jacques Chirac (1977) |
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Member of the French Legislative Body for Seine |
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In office 8 June 1869 – 8 February 1871 |
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| Preceded by | Émile Ollivier |
| Succeeded by | Charles Floquet |
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Jules François Camille Ferry April 5, 1832 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Vosges, France |
| Died | March 17, 1893 (aged 60) Paris, Seine, France |
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"Close" Republicans (1869–1871) Opportunist/Republican Left (1871–1888) National Republican Association (1888–1893) |
| Spouse(s) | Eugénie Risler (m. 1875; his d. 1893) |
| Profession | Journalist, lawyer |
| Religion | Deism (baptized Catholic) |
Jules François Camille Ferry (French: [ʒyl fɛʁi]; 5 April 1832 – 17 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.
Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges department, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to Le Temps. He attacked the Second French Empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against Baron Haussmann, prefect of the Seine department. A series of his articles in Le Temps was later republished as The Fantastic Tales of Haussmannlaxupa (1868).
Elected republican deputy for Paris in 1869, he protested against the declaration of war with Germany, and on 6 September 1870 was appointed prefect of the Seine by the Government of National Defense.
In this position he had the difficult task of administering Paris during the siege, and after the Paris Commune was obliged to resign (5 June 1871). From 1872 to 1873 he was sent by Adolphe Thiers as minister to Athens, but returned to the chamber as deputy for the Vosges, and became one of the leaders of the republican party. When the first republican ministry was formed under W. H. Waddington on 4 February 1879, he was one of its members, and continued in the ministry until 30 March 1885, except for two short interruptions (from 10 November 1881 to 30 January 1882, and from 29 July 1882 to 21 February 1883), first as minister of education and then as minister of foreign affairs. A leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction, he was twice premier (1880–1881 and 1883–1885). He was an active Freemason initiated on July 8, 1875, in "La Clémante amitiée" lodge in Paris the same day as Émile Littré. He became a member of the "Alsace-Lorraine" Lodge founded in Paris in 1782.
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