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10 August 1904. (1904-08-10) (aged 57) Corbeil-Essonnes, France. Political party. Moderate Republicans Democratic Republican Alliance. Spouse. Marie Durvis. Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau ( French: [pjɛʁ valdɛk ʁuso]; 2 December 1846 – 10 August 1904) was a French Republican politician who served for three years as the Prime ...
Aug 4, 2023 · As the original case against him crumbled, the president of the council, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, sought a compromise. Although five of the seven court members upheld the original verdict, on Sept. 9 Waldeck-Rousseau declared Dreyfus guilty of treason “with extenuating circumstances” and reduced his life sentence to 10 years.
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May 21, 2024 · Waldeck-Rousseau used his power to go after the anti-Dreyfusard bastions that he saw as posing the greatest threat to the Republic, including the army and the Catholic Church. The Dreyfus case ...
PIERRE MARIE Rene Ernest WALDECK-ROUSSEAU (1846-1904), French statesman, was born at Nantes on the 2nd of December 1846. His father, Rene Valdec-Rousseau (1809-1882), a barrister at Nantes and a leader of the local republican party, figured in the revolution of 1848 as one of the deputies returned to the Constituent Assembly for Loire Inferieure.
modifier. Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, né le 2 décembre 1846 à Nantes et mort le 10 août 1904 à Corbeil-Essonnes, est un homme d'État français. Républicain et libéral, il est principalement connu pour avoir participé à la légalisation des syndicats ( loi Waldeck-Rousseau de 1884) ainsi que pour la loi de 1901 sur les associations 2 .
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau. 1846 – 1904 • France. Human rights • Trade union rights. A young, left republican lawyer, he became Interior Minister in 1882, and was ...
The Waldeck-Rousseau family was strictly Catholic in spite of its republican principles; nevertheless, Waldeck-Rousseau supported the Jules Ferry laws on public, laic and mandatory education, enacted in 1881–1882. In 1881 he became minister of the interior in Gambetta's grand ministry. He further voted for the abrogation of the law of 1814 ...
