Adrien Barnabé Athanase Recurt (9 June 1798 – 7 November 1872) was a French doctor who became a representative in the Constituent Assembly of the
French Second Republic
The French Second Republic (french: Deuxième République Française or ), officially the French Republic (), was the republican government of France that existed between 1848 and 1852. It was established in February 1848, with the February Re ...
, Minister of the Interior and then Minister of Public Works.
Early years
Adrien Barnabé Athanase Recurt was born in
Lassales, Hautes-Pyrénées, on 9 June 1798.
He studied medicine and qualified as a doctor in
Montpellier in 1822.
He moved to Paris in the last years of the
Restoration, and established himself as a doctor in the
Faubourg Saint-Antoine
The Faubourg Saint-Antoine was one of the traditional suburbs of Paris, France.
It grew up to the east of the Bastille around the abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, and ran along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
Location
The Faubourg Saint-An ...
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He threw himself into the struggles of the liberal cause, aligned himself with the
Charbonnerie and was involved in various plots.
After fighting on the barricades in July 1830 he remained with the opposition, and soon became a leading member of the Republican party.
He was implicated in the affair of April 1834 but was acquitted by the court of peers.
On the eve of the
February Revolution of 1848 he signed the manifesto calling for the whole nation to become part of the National Guard, and for the army to no longer be used in suppressing disorder.
Second republic
After the revolution had succeeded Recurt was named Deputy Mayor of Paris.
On 23 April 1848 he was elected representative to the Constituent Assembly for the Hautes-Pyrenees.
He was appointed Minister of the Interior on 11 May 1848.
On 15 May 1848 he was chosen one of the vice-presidents of the Assembly.
That day he tried to prevent the invasion of the Assembly by a mob.
He submitted a double bill to the Assembly prohibiting any armed meeting or association, and extending the ban from French territory to
Louis Philippe
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.
As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...
and his family.
In June 1848 Recurt contributed to the repression of the riots, and personally helped the attack on the Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
On 28 June 1848 he received the portfolio of Public Works in the ministry of General
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (; 15 October 1802 – 28 October 1857) was a French people, French general and politician who served as Cabinet of General Cavaignac, head of the executive power of France between June and December 1848, during the French ...
.
He resigned this position on 15 October 1848 and on 25 October 1848 was appointed prefect of the Seine.
He resigned from this office after the election as President of
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...
, and from then on played an insignificant role in the Assembly.
Last years
Recurt was not reelected to the Legislative Assembly, and returned to his profession as a doctor.
He retired to the south of France shortly before his death.
He died in
Lévignac, Haute-Garonne, on 7 November 1872.
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1798 births
1872 deaths
People from Hautes-Pyrénées
Politicians from Occitania (administrative region)
Moderate Republicans (France)
French Ministers of Public Works
Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly