Georges Boisot

Georges Boisot (14 September 1774 – 19 December 1853) was born in Mézières, Vaud. He was the Minister of Interior of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803. Later he became Secretary of the Vaud Department of the Interior, followed by a position as State Chancellor of the Swiss canton.

Biography

Georges Boisot was the son of Jean François Louis Boisot, who was a Bishop at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and Louise Peter. He was married to Madelaine Perregaux, daughter of Alexandre Perregaux, architect and sculptor on ivory.

Retirement

Boisot spent the last years of his life in a modest financial situation. He wrote a memoir in 1842, that was partially published.

Death

Georges Boisot died on 19 December 1853, at the age of seventy-nine, in Lausanne, at 22 Rue Saint-Pierre, Vaud, Switzerland.