Lucien Bonaparte

Lucien Bonaparte
Portrait by François-Xavier Fabre, 1808
Minister of the Interior
In office
25 December 1799 – 7 November 1800
Preceded byPierre-Simon Laplace
Succeeded byJean-Antoine Chaptal
President of the Council of Five Hundred
In office
23 October 1799 – 12 November 1799
Preceded byJean-Pierre Chazal
Succeeded byAntoine Boulay de la Meurthe
Member of the Council of Five Hundred for Liamone
In office
12 April 1798 – 26 December 1799
Personal details
Born21 May 1775
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Died29 June 1840(1840-06-29) (aged 65)
Viterbo, Papal States
Spouses
(m. 1794; died 1800)
(m. 1802)
RelationsNapoleon (brother)
Parents
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Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano (born Luciano Buonaparte; 21 May 1775 – 29 June 1840), was a French politician and diplomat of the French Revolution and the Consulate. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1799 to 1800 and as the president of the Council of Five Hundred in 1799.

The third surviving son of Carlo Bonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino, Lucien was the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. As president of the Council of Five Hundred, he was one of the participants of the Coup of 18 Brumaire that brought Napoleon to power in France.