Alexandre-Pierre-Thomas-Amable Marie de Saint Georges (15 February 1795 – 28 April 1870), better known as Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges, was a French politician who served as
French Head of State from 6 May until 28 June 1848.
Marie was born in
Yonne
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on 15 February 1795 and entered public life as a lawyer under the
Restoration. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1842 and held the seat until the February Revolution.
He became Minister of Public Works in the
Provisional Government
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in 1848, but was forced out in May of that year. Marie was elected to the
Executive Commission and became
President of the National Assembly during June 1848. He was then made Minister of Justice in July 1848 and held the post till December 1848. Marie retired in May 1849 and retired to private life for over a decade. He returned briefly to politics between 1863 and 1869 as a left-wing member of the Legislative Corps (
Second French Empire
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Historians in the 1930 ...
).
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1795 births
1870 deaths
19th-century heads of state of France
People from Auxerre
Politicians from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Moderate Republicans (France)
Heads of state of France
French Ministers of Public Education and Religious Affairs
Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly
Members of the 3rd Corps législatif of the Second French Empire
French people of the Revolutions of 1848