Pierre-Alpinien Bourdeau
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| Born |
18 March 1779 Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne |
| Died | 11 July 1845 (aged 66) Limoges, Haute-Vienne |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Minister of Justice |
Pierre Alpinien Bertrand Bourdeau (18 March 1770 – 11 July 1845) was a French deputy from 1815 to 1831 and from 1834 to 1837. He was briefly Minister of Justice in 1829, and was made a peer of France during the July Monarchy. He is known for his hostility to the press, and for trying to hold newspaper managers responsible for libels published after they had left the paper.
Pierre Alpinien Bertrand Bourdeau was born in Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, on 18 March 1770. His father was an "advocate in parliament" in the provinces of Poitou, Angoumois, Périgord, who acted as counsel for the town of Rochechouart. Bourdeau registered as an advocate at the court of Limoges on 3 December 1790. Bourdeau joined the revolutionary movement enthusiastically, but during the Terror (5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794) he was treated as a suspect and imprisoned at Limoges and then Tulle. He was released after 9 Thermidor. Bourdeau practiced as an advocate at the bar of Limoges until 1815. He was a freemason.
After the first Bourbon Restoration Bourdeau was appointed deputy mayor of Limoges due to his royalist views. He was thrown out of office when Napoleon returned during the Hundred Days, but after the Bourbons returned from Ghent he was reinstated, and was appointed Attorney General at the Court of Limoges.
Bourdeau was elected deputy for Haute-Vienne on 22 August 1815. In 1816 Bourdeau was appointed Attorney General at the Court of Rennes. He was reelected to the Chamber of Deputies on 4 October 1816 and on 13 November 1820. Bourdeau sat with the ultra-royalists. He voted for institution of provost courts, for the law against sedition, for the "amnesty law" of 12 January 1816, for the suspension of the freedom of the press. He even stated that ministers did not have to answer questions. To demand explanations would be to encroach on royal authority and show lack of confidence in the king's ministers. He also opposed the right of petition.
On 25 February 1824 Bourdeau was reelected for Haute-Vienne (Limoges). Thinking that the Ministry of Joseph de Villèle would soon fall, Bourdeau joined the opposition and voted against the ministry. He was dismissed from his position as attorney general. He voted consistently against the administration of Villèle and Peyronnet. In 1825 he spoke out against the proposal for conversion of annuities, which he expected to result in rampant speculation. He opposed a proposed law on sacrilege in 1825, and the next year spoke against the encroachments of the clergy when discussing a petition from a village priest who asked for reconciliation of the civil and canon laws concerning marriage.
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