Eugène Pereire
French politician, private banker, entrepreneur and engineer
About Eugène Pereire
Lived 1831 – 1908 (aged 76). Eugène Pereire was a French politician, engineer, financier and beamter.
Eugène Péreire (1 October 1831 – 21 March 1908) was a French financier and politician of Sephardic Jewish origin from Portugal. The son of Isaac Pereire of the prominent Pereire brothers, he founded Banque Transatlantique in 1881.
In 1857, Péreire married Juliette Fould of the Fould family. They had two daughters: Alice Pereire (1858–1931), married to Salomon Halfon, President of Banque Transatlantique 1909–23 Marie Pereire (1860–1936), married to Jules Halphen, son of Eugène Halphen of the Halphen family
Péreire was a member of parliament for the Tarn department from 1863 to 1869.
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French politician, private banker, entrepreneur and engineer (1831-1908)
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Eugène Pereire was born on 1 October 1831 in Paris.
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Eugène Pereire died on 21 March 1908 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
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Eugène Pereire was a politician, engineer, financier and beamter.
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Eugène Pereire was French.
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