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Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès | |
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| 9th Mayor of Paris | |
| In office 24 February 1848 – 5 March 1848 | |
| Preceded by | Office established(Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot was mayor in 1794) |
| Succeeded by | Armand Marrast |
| Minister of Finance Provisional Government of the French Republic | |
| In office 5 March 1848 – 11 May 1848 | |
| President | Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Charles Duclerc |
| Minister without Portfolio Government of National Defense | |
| In office 1870–1871 | |
| President | Louis Jules Trochu |
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| Born | (1803-02-16)16 February 1803 Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), France |
| Died | 31 October 1878(1878-10-31) (aged 75) Paris, France |
Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès (16 February 1803 – 31 October 1878) was a French politician and activefreemason[1] who fought on the barricades during therevolution of July.
Garnier-Pagès was born inMarseille. He served as a member of theProvisional Government of 1848 underJacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure as well asMayor of Paris from February to March 1848, and then a member of theGovernment of National Defense (1870-1871) underLouis Jules Trochu as aminister without portfolio.
He was a keen promoter of reform and was a leading spirit in the affair of the reform banquet fixed for 22 February 1848. He was a member of the provisional government of 1848, and was namedmayor ofParis. On 5 March 1848, he was made minister of finance and incurred great unpopularity by the imposition of additional taxes. A surtax of 45 percent was implemented what came to be known as "the forty-five centimes".[2] 1 member of the Constituent Assembly and of the Executive Commission, he was also instrumental in the creation of the nationwide network ofcomptoirs d'escompte.
Under theEmpire he was conspicuous in the Republican opposition and opposed the war withPrussia, and after the fall ofNapoleon III became a member of the Government of National Defence. Unsuccessful at the elections for the National Assembly (8 February 1871), he retired into private life. He wroteHistoire de la revolution de 1848 (1860–1862);Histoire de la commission executive (1869–1872); andL'Opposition et l'empire (1872). He died in Paris, aged 75.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Garnier-Pagès, Étienne Joseph Louis".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 473.French Provisional Government of 1848 (24 February 1848 to 9 May 1848) | ||
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