Jules François Alexandre Joffrin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French politician
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Place of Birth: Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, Grand Est, France
About Jules François Alexandre Joffrin
- Jules François Alexandre Joffrin (16 March 1846 – 17 September 1890) was a French politician. Joffrin was born at Troyes.
- He served in the Franco-German War, was involved in the Commune, and spent eleven years in England as a political exile.
- He attached himself to the possibilist group of the socialist party, the section opposed to the root-and-branch measures of Jules Guesde.
- He became a member of the municipal council of Paris in 1885, and vice-president in 1888–1889. Violently attacked by the Boulangist organs, L'Intransigeant and La France, he won a suit against them for libel, and in 1889 he contested the 18th arrondissement of Paris with General Boulanger, who obtained a majority of over 2000 votes, but was declared ineligible. Joffrin was only admitted to the Chamber after a heated discussion, and continued to be attacked by the nationalists.
- He died in Paris on 17 September 1890. A Paris Métro station, Jules Joffrin, is named in his honour.
- The station is located in Montmartre, near the town hall of the 18th arrondissement.
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