Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Charras
French politician and military historian (1810–1865)
Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras (7 January 1810 in Phalsbourg – 23 January 1865 in Basel) was a French military historian and minister.[citation needed] He was the author of Histoire de la Campagne de 1815.[1]
Lieutenant Colonel Charras rose rapidly within the military administration in 1848 with a series of promotions, becoming Secretary of the Defence Commission on 9 March, Under Secretary of State for War on 5 April, and Acting Minister of War on 11 May of that year.[2]
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Further reading
- Jenny, Adrian (1969). Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras und die politische Emigration nach de Staatsreich Louis-Napoleon Bonapartes. Basil and Stuttgart: Verlag von Hellsing und Lichtenhahn.
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Preceded by | Minister of War 11 May 1848 – 17 May 1848 | Succeeded by |
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French Executive Commission of 1848 (9 May 1848 to 24 June 1848)
- François Arago (President of the Council)
- Alphonse de Lamartine
- Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès
- Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
- Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges
- Adrien Recurt (sub-secretary of state Nicolas Henri Carteret)
- Jules Bastide (sub-secretary of state Jules Favre)
- Charles Duclerc
- Ulysse Trélat
- Ferdinand Flocon
- Hippolyte Carnot (sub-secretary of state Jean Reynaud)
- Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Charras
- Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
- Joseph Grégoire Casy (sub-secretary of state Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur)
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