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Joseph Fouché

1759 - 1820

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Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouché (French: [ʒozɛf fuʃe]; 21 May 1759 – 26 December 1820) was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, who later became a subordinate of Emperor Napoleon. He was particularly known for the ferocity with which he suppressed the Lyon insurrection during the Revolution in 1793 and for being a highly competent minister of police under the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire. In 1815, he served as President of the Executive Commission, which was the provisional government of France installed after the abdication of Napoleon. In English texts, his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Fouché is the 4th most popular public worker, the 317th most popular biography from France (down from 236th in 2019) and the most popular French Public Worker.

Joseph Fouché was a French politician and police chief. He is most famous for being the head of the police during the reign of Napoleon.

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Among public workers, Joseph Fouché ranks 4 out of 15. Before him are Draco, Emperor Taishō, and Alois Hitler. After him are Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Robert Walpole, Thomas Cromwell, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Markus Wolf, and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

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Among people born in 1759, Joseph Fouché ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Schiller, Georges Danton, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After him are William Pitt the Younger, Robert Burns, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, James Edward Smith, Maria Feodorovna, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, and Clotilde of France. Among people deceased in 1820, Joseph Fouché ranks 2. Before him is George III of the United Kingdom. After him are Jiaqing Emperor, Daniel Boone, Elisa Bonaparte, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, François Christophe de Kellermann, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, François Joseph Lefebvre, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Manuel Belgrano, and Joseph Banks.

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Among people born in France, Joseph Fouché ranks 317 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Gabin (1904), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Germaine de Staël (1766), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), and Pierre Corneille (1606). After him are Patrick Modiano (1945), Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682), Mireille Mathieu (1946), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), Jacques de Molay (1243), and Richard I of Normandy (933).

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS In France

Among public workers born in France, Joseph Fouché ranks 1. After him are Pascal Lamy (1947).

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