Casimir Pierre Périer
Casimir Perier | |
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Portrait by Louise Adélaïde Desnos, 1843 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 13 March 1831 – 16 May 1832 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Jacques Laffitte |
| Succeeded by | Jean-de-Dieu Soult |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 November 1830 – 31 May 1831 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Jacques Laffitte |
| Succeeded by | Amédée Girod de l'Ain |
| In office 6 August 1830 – 21 August 1830 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Pierre Paul Royer-Collard |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Laffitte |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Aube | |
| In office 18 November 1827 – 16 May 1832 | |
| Preceded by | Victor Alexandre Masson |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Vernier-Guérard |
| Constituency | Troyes |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Seine | |
| In office 21 September 1817 – 17 November 1827 | |
| Preceded by | Élie Decazes |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Bavoux |
| Constituency | Paris (3rd arrondissement) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 October 1777 |
| Died | 16 May 1832 (aged 54) |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Party | Doctrinaires (1817–1830) Resistance Party (1830–1832) |
| Spouse |
Pauline Loyer
(m. 1805; died 1832) |
| Children | Auguste Paul |
| Education | Oratory of Lyon |
| Profession | Banker, industrialist |
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Casimir-Pierre Périer (11 October 1777 – 16 May 1832) was a French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. In business, through his bank in Paris and ownership of the Anzin Coal Co. in the Department of Nord, he contributed significantly to the economic development of France in the early stages of industrialization. In politics, he was a leading liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies throughout the Bourbon Restoration and president of the chamber at the outset of the July Revolution of 1830. He led the liberal-conservative Resistance Party in support of the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Philippe I. He became president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Interior in the spring of 1831 (13 March 1831 – 16 May 1832). Although his ministry was brief, his strong government succeeded in restoring order at home and keeping peace abroad. He fell victim to the cholera epidemic in France in 1832.