Édouard Laferrière
Édouard Louis Julien Laferrière | |
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Édouard Laferrière | |
| Vice-President of the Council of State | |
| In office 1886 – July 1898 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Ballot(fr) |
| Succeeded by | Georges Coulon |
| Governor General of Algeria | |
| In office 26 July 1898 – 3 October 1900 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Lépine |
| Succeeded by | Charles Jonnart (acting) then Paul Révoil |
| Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation | |
| In office 3 October 1900 – 2 July 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Manau |
| Succeeded by | Manuel-Achille Baudouin(fr) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1841 Angoulême, Charente, France |
| Died | 2 July 1901 (aged 59) Bourbonne-les-Bains, Haute-Marne, France |
| Occupation | Lawyer, administrator |
Édouard Louis Julien-Laferrière (26 August 1841 – 2 July 1901) was a French lawyer and authority in administrative law who held various senior administrative positions during the French Third Republic. He wrote a treatise on administrative law that defined the basis for modern French administrative law. He was appointed Governor-General of Algeria during a crisis in 1898, and established an elected advisory assembly with little real power. He encouraged southward expansion into the Sahara.