Casimir-Perier, Jean

(1847-1907)

   statesman

   Born in Paris, Jean Casimer-Perier was the son of casimir-perier. He began his political career after the fall of the second empire, and was elected deputy in 1876 and named undersecretary of state for war in 1883, but resigned following the decree that deprived the princes of orléans of their military ranks (1886). Premier in 1893, he helped in the repression of workers' movements and anarchist agitation, and put through the "lois scélérates" (five years' imprisonment for inciting manslaughter, theft, and arson, and the banning of all anarchist propaganda). Named president after the assassination of sadi carnot (June 1894), Casimir-Perier, socially and politically a conservative, was strongly criticized by the Socialists, particularly jean jaurès, and resigned in January 1895.