Adolphe Le Flô | |
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 Adolphe Le Flô | |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 4 September 1870 – 5 June 1871 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Courtot de Cissey |
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Adolphe Charles Emmanuel Le Flô (2 November 1804 – 16 November 1887,Morlaix) was a French Army general, politician, and diplomat.[1] AnOrléanist, he served as the Third Republic's first Minister of War under Gambetta and Thiers.[1]
Born inLesneven, Finistère, Le Flô leftSaint-Cyr in 1825. After serving inConstantine, Algeria, he became colonel on 20 October 1844, and brigadier general in 1848.
Le Flô was minister plenipotentiary to Russia, in 1848. In April 1848 he was elected deputy fromFinistère to theConstituent Assembly, he was reelected in May 1849 to the Legislative Assembly he became quaestor. He fought the policy of theNapoleon III of France, which caused him to be banned after the coup of 2 December 1851. He took refuge inJersey where he metVictor Hugo. He won the friendship of the Czar of Russia. He returned to France in 1857.
In 1870, after the proclamation of the Third Republic, Le Flô becameMinister of War in the Government of National Defense and appointed Major General. He was minister of the war on 19 February 1871, in theThiers government, but resigned in June 1871, after thesiege of Paris and the Bloody Week of theParis Commune.
Le Flô was elected deputy of Brittany from 1871 to 1876. He was appointed ambassador to St. Petersburg from 1871 to 1879 and used his relationship with them to neutralize the aggressive policy of Germany in 1875. He was promoted Grand Officer in theLegion of Honor.[2]
Le Flô has a statue inLesneven, byCyprian Godebski.[3]
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| Preceded by | Minister of War 4 September 1870 – 5 June 1871 | Succeeded by |
