Jean-Baptiste Campenon
General Jean Baptiste Marie Edouard Campenon (5 May 1819 in Tonnerre – 16 March 1891 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French general and politician.
Life
He studied at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, graduating on 1 October 1840 as a sous-lieutenant. He took part in the Crimean War, the French conquest of Algeria, campaigns in China and the Franco-Prussian War. A friend of Gambetta, he was minister for war several times in 1881, then in 1883 and 1885. He then became a sénateur inamovible. He also secretly translated The Perfumed Garden.[1]
Bibliography
- ↑ "France/Monde | Le traducteur secret du « Kama-Sutra » arabe était un officier en poste à Lyon - Le Progrès". Leprogres.fr. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- G. Vapereau, «Campenon, Jean Baptiste Marie Edouard » in Dictionnaire Universel Des Contemporains, Paris : Hachette, 1880. (p. 10) OCLC 36982383
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jean-Joseph Farre |
Minister of War 14 November 1881-26 January 1882 |
Succeeded by Jean-Baptiste Billot |
| Preceded by Jean Thibaudin |
Minister of War 9 October 1883-3 January 1885 |
Succeeded by Jules Louis Lewal |
| Preceded by Jules Louis Lewal |
Minister of War 6 April 1885-7 January 1886 |
Succeeded by Georges Ernest Boulanger |