Édouard Laferrière

Édouard Louis Julien Laferrière
Édouard Laferrière
Vice-President of the Council of State
In office
1886  July 1898
Preceded byCharles Ballot(fr)
Succeeded byGeorges Coulon
Governor General of Algeria
In office
26 July 1898  3 October 1900
Preceded byLouis Lépine
Succeeded byCharles Jonnart (acting) then
Paul Révoil
Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation
In office
3 October 1900  2 July 1901
Preceded byJean-Pierre Manau
Succeeded byManuel-Achille Baudouin(fr)
Personal details
Born(1841-08-26)26 August 1841
Angoulême, Charente, France
Died2 July 1901(1901-07-02) (aged 59)
Bourbonne-les-Bains, Haute-Marne, France
OccupationLawyer, 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.