Faure

Faure, FRANÇOIS FELIX, President of the French Republic, was born in Paris, 30th January 1841, was for a time a tanner in Touraine, but became a wealthy ship-owner in Havre, and an authority on all questions concerning shipping, commerce, and the colonies. During the Franco-German war he commanded a body of volunteers, and gained the ribbon of the Legion of Honour. He entered the Assembly in 1881, served as Colonial and Commercial Minister in the cabinets of Gambetta, Jules Favre, and Tirard, and as minister of marine in that of Dupuy. A moderate republican, he was elected president of the republic on the resignation of Casimir-Perier in 1895.