Marc-Antoine Bourdon Vatry (24 November 1761, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – 22 April 1828,
Paris
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), brother of Louis-François Bourdon, was a French Naval Minister.
He began in 1778 as a clerk in the offices of the navy at
Brest
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, and as Expeditionary Secretary of
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
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in the United States (1781–1783).
Back in France he was appointed director of the colonies at the Department of Navy (1792–1797).
On 3 July 1799, he became Minister of Marine and remained until 1800.
Under the Consulate and Empire, he was maritime prefect of
Le Havre
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, prefect of
Vaucluse
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Gênes
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. This town erected a statue in memory of the work he had done in this port. During the Hundred Days, he was prefect of the Isère.