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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac

1802 - 1857

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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (French: [lwi øʒɛn kavɛɲak]; 15 October 1802 – 28 October 1857) was a French general and politician who served as head of the executive power of France between June and December 1848, during the French Second Republic. Born in Paris to a prominent family, Cavaignac was educated for a military career. Shortly after returning from service in the Morea expedition he took part in the July Revolution, and in 1832 was sent to Algeria, at the start of the French invasion, where he served with distinction for the next 16 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis-Eugène Cavaignac has received more than 365,595 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Louis-Eugène Cavaignac is the 3,079th most popular politician (up from 4,108th in 2019), the 996th most popular biography from France (up from 1,304th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular French Politician.

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and politician. He served as a Minister of War in the government of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, and was the President of France from 1848 to 1852.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac ranks 3,079 out of 19,576Before him are Arses of Persia, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Jean Casimir-Perier, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, and Enrico De Nicola. After him are Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Ibn Tumart, Philip the Tetrarch, Ivan II of Moscow, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and Crown Prince Sado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac ranks 10Before him are Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Lajos Kossuth, Elias Lönnrot, János Bolyai, Miguel I of Portugal, and Wilhelm Hauff. After him are Charles Wheatstone, Germain Henri Hess, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Pavel Nakhimov, Husein Gradaščević, and Antoine Jérôme Balard. Among people deceased in 1857, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac ranks 11Before him are Eugène François Vidocq, Alfred de Musset, Dominic Savio, Mikhail Glinka, Eugène Sue, and Charles Lucien Bonaparte. After him are Francis Beaufort, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Louis Jacques Thénard, Johan Christian Dahl, and Mangal Pandey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac ranks 996 out of 6,770Before him are Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Laurent Blanc (1965), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Charles Nodier (1780), and Jean Casimir-Perier (1847). After him are Michèle Morgan (1920), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), Jacques Cassini (1677), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Jean Moulin (1899), and Georges Brassens (1921).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac ranks 232Before him are Christina of Lorraine (1565), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Augustin Robespierre (1763), and Jean Casimir-Perier (1847). After him are Jean Moulin (1899), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Louis II of Anjou (1377), Agnes of Poitou (1025), Tetricus I (250), and Raymond of Poitiers (1115).