About Emmanuel Arago
Lived 1812 – 1896 (aged 84). Emmanuel Arago was a French politician, diplomat, jurist, lawyer, official and theatre critic.
Emmanuel Arago (6 August 1812, Paris – 26 November 1896, Paris) was a French politician of the French Second Republic, Second French Empire and French Third Republic. He was the son of François Arago. He was a member of the 1848 Constituent Assembly and the National Assembly of 1871. He was a deputy for Pyrénées-Orientales (1848–1851, 1871–1876) and la Seine (1869–1870) and senator for Pyrénées-Orientales (1876–1896). He served as minister of the interior and minister of justice in the Government of France. While a senator, he also served as ambassador of France to Switzerland from 1880 to 1894.
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French politician (1812–1896)
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Emmanuel Arago was born on 6 August 1812 in former 12th arrondissement of Paris.
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Emmanuel Arago died on 26 November 1896 in Paris.
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Emmanuel Arago was a politician, diplomat, jurist, lawyer, official and theatre critic.
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Emmanuel Arago was French.
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