Henri-Auguste Lozé
| Henri-Auguste Lozé | |
|---|---|
 Henri-Auguste Lozé | |
| Born |
January 20, 1850 Le Cateau-Cambrésis |
| Died |
January 26, 1915 (aged 65) Paris |
| Awards | Commander of the Legion of Honour, Ordre des Palmes Académiques 1889, Ordre des Palmes Académiques 1893 |
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Police career | |
| Allegiance | France, Fédération républicaine |
| Years of service | 1888–1893 |
| Rank | Préfet de Police |
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 (French: Assemblée nationale) of the third republic (French: La Troisième République), from 1902 to 1906 and a member of the Senate (Sénat) from 1906 to 1915 .[1]
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.[1] He studied law at Collège Sainte-Barbe and embarked on a career as a lawyer and public administrator that took in provincial postings that included deputy prefectures at Commercy, Béthune and Brest between 1877 to 1884. He was appointed prefect of Cantal in south central France on 5 October 1884.
Préfet de Police 1888 - 1893
Lozé served from 1886 to 1888 as Préfet de la Somme and from 1888 until 1893 held the politically charged post of Préfet de police de Paris succeeding the future Prime Minister of France Léon Bourgeois.The relationship between the Paris police and the general populace during his period of office was one of mutual disrespect and Lozé’s tenure did very little to change this perception.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, [note 1][2] 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 was quickly 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.[3]
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 was then offered the post of General Governor of Algeria but declined [1] preferring a low key post in the Ministry of the Interior.
By 1902 Lozé was representing the Commune of Cambrai in the National Assembly. His political actions during this period were compatible with a man of libertarian and liberal inclinations. He is recorded as opposing the lien securities that favoured distillers and speaking in favour of increased decentralisation of powers to the communes. On July 3 he voted against the bill separating the church from the state.[4]
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
References
- 1 2 3 René Bargeton, Dictionnaire biographique des préfets – septembre 1870 a mai 1982, Paris, National Archives, 1994
- ↑ Lépine, Famous Paris Chief of Police, To Retire", The New York Times, February 25, 1913
- ↑ Jean Marc Berliere, L’institution policiere sous la IIIeme Republique, Dijon 1991
- ↑ http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/biographies/joly/asp/loze-henri-auguste.asp Information taken from national assembly archives
Notes
- ↑ riots that took place in July 1893 arose out of a seemingly trivial incident involving the arrest of an actress Sarah Brown, a student called Nuger and a confrontation with a policeman, the consequence of which was the death of Nuger. On the following Monday, 1,000 demonstrators marched onto the Chamber of Deputies, determined to be provided with an adequate explanation. By the end of the day barricades were erected around the district of the Boulevard St. Germain and Paris seemed on the brink of revolution.