Ferdinan Flocon ( French: Ferdinand Flocon ; November 1, 1800 , Paris - May 15, 1866 , Lausanne ) - French journalist and politician; a prominent participant in the revolutionary events of 1848 and a minister under the Second Republic .
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| Date of Birth | November 1, 1800 |
| Place of Birth | Paris , France |
| Date of death | May 15, 1866 (65 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris , France |
| Citizenship |  France |
| Occupation | , |
Biography
He was an employee of radical magazines, in the years 1845–48 - editor of Reforme. As an editor, he published articles by Proudhon , Bakunin , Poecker , Marx and Engels .
As a participant in the revolution of 1848 , after its triumph, he became secretary, and a few days later - a member of the interim government. Elected to the National Assembly , took a place among the left.
May 11, 1848 was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Trade. He was an unconditional opponent of the June uprising , supported the dictatorship of Caveniac and the siege in Paris; however, Cavaignac did not want to keep him in the ministry, and Flocon resigned on June 26. Since then, he demanded, along with all the amnesty leftists of the June insurgents , to bring to court Louis Napoleon , etc., sometimes, however, separating from his party; for example, on September 2, 1848, he voted against the lifting of the state of siege and, when discussing the constitution, voted against Grevy’s amendment to appoint the president as a chamber.
He was not elected to the legislative assembly of 1849; in print he continued to attack the policies of the Champs Elysees .
Exiled from France after December 2, 1851 , he settled in Switzerland , where he died in poverty, not wanting to take advantage of the amnesty of 1859.
He was buried at Pere-Lachaise (section 53).
Proceedings
Editions:
- "Salon de 1824" (Par., 1827);
- "Dictionnaire de morale jésuitique" (1824);
- "Ned Wilmore" (novel, 1827);
- “Ballades allemandes tirées de Bürger, Körner et Kosegarten” (1827);
- "Révélations sur le coup de pistolet du 19 novembre 1832" (1832).
Links
- Flokon, Ferdinand // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.