Henri-Auguste Lozé

Henri-Auguste Lozé was a French politician who was Prefect of Police (Préfet de Police) for Paris from 1888 to 1893, a Fédération républicaine member of the National Assembly of the third republic , from 1902 to 1906 and a member of the Senate (Sénat) from 1906 to 1915.

Biography Henri-Auguste Lozé was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis in the Nord department near the French border with Belgium. His father is described as an industrialist and mayor. In April 1891, under orders from the Minister of the Interior, Lozé seized and destroyed hundreds of posters considered to be a violation of public decency. Many artists and their printers were charged. Several of Alfred Choubrac's posters were prohibited and he was brought to court along with the printers.

When in 1893 major riots broke out in Paris after a confrontation between a student called Nuger and a policeman that resulted in Nuger suffering a fatal wound, there was widespread public concern that the governance of Paris and ultimately the French Republic was being endangered by the increasing public disorder in the Capital. Lozé was heavily criticised for perceived inaction during the disturbances and on 11 July he was replaced as Prefect of Police by the authoritarian Louis Lépine who is credited with restoring order and subsequently implementing the reforms required for policing a Modern French state.

Political career Lozé was next appointed France’s ambassador to Vienna a position he held for four years until 1897. In September of that year he served as the temporary Governor-General of Algeria but though he was named in the post he declined to take the job on a permanent basis

In 1906 after a close fought election Lozé was elected to the Senate where he served until his death in 1915. Lozé was a Commander (Commandeur) of the Legion of Honour