Ruler · 1807 – 1891

Jules Grévy

Lived 1807 – 1891; statesperson, politician. President of the French Republic of France, 1879 – 1887; also in the line of Andorra. The atlas files them under First French Empire.

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Lived: 1807 – 1891; 84 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of the French Republic

France · the 8th of 34 dated reigns · 1824 – 2017

4 before

Louis-Jules Trochu1870 – 1871

Adolphe Thiers1871 – 1873

Patrice de MacMahon1873 – 1879

Jules Grévy1879 – 1887

Sadi Carnot1887 – 1894

Charles Dupuy1894

Jean Casimir-Perier1894 – 1895

23 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1879 – 1887 · 8 years · came to it aged 72

Came to it: elected
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

After occupying high offices in the National Assembly and the Chamber of Deputies, he was elected president of France in 1879.

Two years later however, in December 1887, he was compelled to resign due to the decorations scandal that started after his son-in-law, Daniel Wilson, was found to be selling awards of the Legion of Honour.

Also in the line of Andorra (80th of 121).

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