Charles de Freycinet

Charles de Freycinet
Freycinet (c. 1880) by Nadar
Minister of War
In office
1 November 1898 – 18 February 1899
Prime MinisterCharles Dupuy
Preceded byCharles Chanoine
Succeeded byCamille Krantz
In office
3 April 1888 – 10 January 1893
Prime MinisterCharles Floquet
Pierre Tirard
Himself
Émile Loubet
Alexandre Ribot
Preceded byFrançois Logerot
Succeeded byJulien Loizillon
Prime Minister of France
In office
17 March 1890 – 27 February 1892
President Sadi Carnot
Preceded byPierre Tirard
Succeeded byÉmile Loubet
In office
7 January 1886 – 16 December 1886
PresidentJules Grévy
Preceded byHenri Brisson
Succeeded byRené Goblet
In office
30 January 1882 – 7 August 1882
PresidentJules Grévy
Preceded byLéon Gambetta
Succeeded byCharles Duclerc
In office
28 December 1879 – 23 September 1880
PresidentJules Grévy
Preceded byWilliam Waddington
Succeeded byJules Ferry
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 December 1879 – 3 December 1886
Prime MinisterHimself
Henri Brisson
Preceded byPaul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
Succeeded byÉmile Flourens
Minister of Public Works
In office
13 December 1877 – 28 December 1879
Prime MinisterJules Dufaure
William Waddington
Preceded byMichel Graeff
Succeeded byHenri Varroy
Member of the French Senate
for Seine
In office
30 January 1876 – 11 January 1920
Succeeded byLouis Dausset
Personal details
Born(1828-11-14)14 November 1828
Foix, Ariège, France
Died14 May 1923(1923-05-14) (aged 94)
Paris, France
Political partyRepublican Union (1871–1885)
Union of the Lefts (1885–1894)
League of Patriots (1894–1923)
Spouse
Jeanne Alexandrine Bosc
(m. 1858; died 1923)
EducationÉcole Polytechnique
ProfessionEngineer
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Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (French: [ʃaʁl fʁɛjsinɛ]; 14 November 1828 – 14 May 1923) was a French statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War (1888–1893). He belonged to the Moderate Republican faction.

He was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences, and in 1890, the fourteenth member to occupy a seat in the Académie Française.