Yves Guyot

Yves Guyot

Portrait of Yves Guyot, by Nadar.
Born (1843-09-06)6 September 1843
Dinan, France
Died 22 February 1928(1928-02-22) (aged 84)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Awards Guy Medal (Silver, 1903)

Yves Guyot (6 September 1843  22 February 1928) was a French politician and economist.

Biography

He was born at Dinan. Educated at Rennes, he took up the profession of journalism, coming to Paris in 1867. He was for a short period editor-in-chief of L'Independent du midi of Nîmes, but joined the staff of Le Rappel on its foundation, and worked subsequently on other journals.[1]

He took an active part in municipal life, and waged a keen campaign against the prefecture of police, for which he suffered six months' imprisonment. He entered the chamber of deputies in 1885 as representative of the 1st arrondissement of Paris and was rapporleur general of the budget of 1888. He became minister of public works under the premiership of P.E. Tirard in 1889, retaining his portfolio in the cabinet of Charles de Freycinet until 1892. Although of strong liberal views, he lost his seat in the election of 1893 owing to his militant attitude against socialism.[1]

Works

An uncompromising free-trader, he published the following works:

Works in English translation

References

  1. 1 2  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Guyot, Yves". Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 747.
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