Antoine Maurice Apollinaire, Comte d'Argout (28 August 1782, Veyssilieu,

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– 15 January 1858,

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) was a French statesman, minister, and governor of the

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Life

He was named

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on 5 March 1819 by the Duke Decazes, and voted with the moderate right. During the

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of 1830, he tried to obtain from

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the withdrawal of the

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which had sparked the riots. A loyal supporter to the

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, the Comte d'Argout accepted, and worked with, the new

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, whose policies agreed with his moderate opinions. He was named Minister in

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's government, succeeding General Sebastiani. In April 1832, he contracted the

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but survived it. After several other ministerial functions, he was appointed governor of the

in 1834, which position he retained until 9 June 1857, despite the institutional changes caused by the

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leading to the establishment of the Second Republic, and then the 1851 coup of Bonaparte leading to the establishment of the

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