Charles de Freycinet

Charles de Freycinet
Freycinet (c. 1880) by Nadar
Minister of War
In office 1 November 1898 – 18 February 1899
Prime Minister	Charles Dupuy
Preceded by	Charles Chanoine
Succeeded by	Camille Krantz
In office 3 April 1888 – 10 January 1893
Prime Minister	Charles Floquet Pierre Tirard Himself Émile Loubet Alexandre Ribot
Preceded by	François Logerot
Succeeded by	Julien Loizillon
Prime Minister of France
In office 17 March 1890 – 27 February 1892
President	Sadi Carnot
Preceded by	Pierre Tirard
Succeeded by	Émile Loubet
In office 7 January 1886 – 16 December 1886
President	Jules Grévy
Preceded by	Henri Brisson
Succeeded by	René Goblet
In office 30 January 1882 – 7 August 1882
President	Jules Grévy
Preceded by	Léon Gambetta
Succeeded by	Charles Duclerc
In office 28 December 1879 – 23 September 1880
President	Jules Grévy
Preceded by	William Waddington
Succeeded by	Jules Ferry
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 December 1879 – 3 December 1886
Prime Minister	Himself Henri Brisson
Preceded by	Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
Succeeded by	Émile Flourens
Minister of Public Works
In office 13 December 1877 – 28 December 1879
Prime Minister	Jules Dufaure William Waddington
Preceded by	Michel Graeff
Succeeded by	Henri Varroy
Member of the French Senate for Seine
In office 30 January 1876 – 11 January 1920
Succeeded by	Louis Dausset
Personal details
Born	(1828-11-14)14 November 1828 Foix, Ariège, France
Died	14 May 1923(1923-05-14) (aged 94) Paris, France
Political party	Republican Union (1871–1885) Union of the Lefts (1885–1894) League of Patriots (1894–1923)
Spouse	Jeanne Alexandrine Bosc ​ ​ (m. 1858; died 1923)​
Education	École Polytechnique
Profession	Engineer
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Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (French: [ʃaʁl də fʁɛjsinɛ]; 14 November 1828 – 14 May 1923) was a French statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War (1888–1893). He belonged to the Moderate Republican faction.

He was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences, and in 1890, the fourteenth member to occupy a seat in the Académie Française.