Jules François Camille Ferry (French: [ʒyl fɛʁi]; 5 April 1832 – 17 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883 to 1885. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.
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Mar 13, 2023 · Jules Ferry, (born April 5, 1832, Saint-Dié, France—died March 17, 1893, Paris), French statesman of the early Third Republic, notable both for his anticlerical education policy and for his success in extending the French colonial empire. Ferry pursued his father’s profession of law and was called to the Paris bar in 1855.
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Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican philosopher.[1] He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883 to 1885. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.[2]
May 21, 2018 · The French statesman Jules François Camille Ferry (1832-1893) was a major political leader during the first 2 decades of the Third Republic. He played a key role in expanding public education and in developing France's colonial empire. Jules Ferry was born at Saint-Dié, Vosges Department, on April 5, 1832.
Jules Ferry, né le 5 avril 1832 à Saint-Dié ( France) et mort le 17 mars 1893 à Paris, est un homme d'État français. En 1870, après la chute du Second Empire, dont il était opposant, il est membre du gouvernement provisoire et, pour quelques mois, maire de Paris.
Jules Ferry would never again serve as premier, and became a figure of popular scorn. The collapse of Ferry's ministry was a major political embarrassment for the proponents of the policy of French colonial expansion first championed in the 1870s by Léon Gambetta .