François Joseph Ducoux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French politician
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Place of Birth: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About François Joseph Ducoux
- François Joseph Ducoux (11 September 1808 – 23 March 1873) was a French physician, left-wing politician and businessman.
- He served as a military physician from 1828 to 1838 before settling in Blois and engaging in local politics.
- He was a representative in the National Assembly during the French Second Republic, and as Prefect of the Paris Police helped restore order after the bloody June Days uprising.
- He introduced legislation to establish the Bourse du Travail (labour exchange), but this was rejected.
- He left politics during the Second French Empire, but was again a representative in the National Assembly in the first years of the French Third Republic.
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