| Jules Dufaure | |
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| Dafure by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, circa 1870s | |
| 33rd Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 19 February 1871 – 24 May 1873 |
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| President | Adolphe Thiers |
| Preceded by | Louis Jules Trochu |
| Succeeded by | Albert, duc de Broglie |
| 37th Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 23 February 1876 – 12 December 1876 |
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| President | Patrice de Mac-Mahon |
| Preceded by | Louis Buffet |
| Succeeded by | Jules Simon |
| 41st Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 13 December 1877 – 4 February 1879 |
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| President | Patrice de Mac-Mahon Himself (acting) Jules Grevy |
| Preceded by | Gaëtan de Rochebouët |
| Succeeded by | William Waddington |
| Acting President of the French Republic | |
| In office 30 January – 30 January 1879 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Patrice de Mac-Mahon |
| Succeeded by | Jules Grevy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1798 Saujon |
| Died | 28 June 1881 (aged 82) |
| Political party | None |
Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure (French pronunciation: [ʒyl aʁmɑ̃ dyfoʁ]; 4 December 1798 – 28 June 1881) was a French statesman.
Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics, and in 1834 was elected deputy. In 1839 he became minister of public works in the ministry of Jean-de-Dieu Soult, and succeeded in freeing railway construction in France from the obstacles which till then had hampered it.
Losing office in 1840, Dufaure became one of the leaders of the Opposition, and on the outbreak of the revolution of 1848 he accepted the Republic, and joined the party of moderate republicans. On 13 October he became minister of the interior under Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, but retired on the latter's defeat in the presidential election. During the Second French Empire, Dufaure abstained from public life, and practised at the Paris bar with such success that he was elected bâtonnier in 1862.
In 1863 he succeeded to Étienne Pasquier's seat in the French Academy. In 1871 he became a member of the Assembly, and proposed Adolphe Thiers as President of the Republic. Dufaure became the minister of justice as chief of the party of the "left-centre," and his tenure of office was distinguished by the passage of the jury-law. In 1873 he fell with Thiers, but in 1875 resumed his former post under Louis Buffet, whom he succeeded on 9 March 1876, the first to become president of the council (his predecessors wore the title of vice-presidents of the council). In the same year he was elected a life senator. On 12 December he withdrew from the ministry owing to the attacks of the republicans of the left in the chamber and of the conservatives in the senate.
After the conservatives' defeat on 16 May, he returned to power on 24 December 1877. Early in 1879 Dufaure took part in compelling the resignation of Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, but immediately afterwards (1 February), worn out by opposition, he retired. As Prime Minister he served as the Acting President of the Republic on 30 January 1879.
See G Picot, M. Dufaure, sa vie et ses discours (Paris, 1883).
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| Preceded by Jules Trochu |
Prime Minister of France 1871–1873 |
Succeeded by Duc de Broglie |
| Preceded by Adolphe Crémieux |
Minister of Justice 1871–1873 |
Succeeded by Jean Emoul |
| Preceded by Louis Buffet |
Prime Minister of France 1876 |
Succeeded by Jules Simon |
| Preceded by Gaëtan de Rochebouët |
Prime Minister of France 1877–1879 |
Succeeded by William Waddington |
| Preceded by François Le Pelletier |
Minister of Justice 1877–1879 |
Succeeded by Philippe Le Royer |
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