Pierre Charles Dejean

Pierre Charles Dejean

Charles Pierre Dejean, vicomte (February 16, 1807, Paris – July 30, 1872, Paris) was a French general and politician .

Life

He was the son of General Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean. He was Major General of Engineering, and State Councilor and on July 20, 1870, became Minister of War ad interim as a replacement of Marshal Leboeuf, who became chief to the General Staff of Army of the Rhine. Dejean served as Minister of War ad interim from July 20, 1870 to August 10, 1870 in Government of Émile Ollivier. He was a member of the Committee of Fortifications at his elevation to the rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, April 29, 1871.^[1]

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