Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet

Jean -Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet, ( born July 5, 1766 at Neukirch Sarreguemines, † January 23, 1823 at the Château de Lagrange in Saint- Bouize, Cher ), was a French statesman.

Montalivet occurred early in the military service, and studied law. 1785 to 1790 he was a councilor in the Parliament of Grenoble. As a result of disagreements with the minister of parliaments Loménie de Brienne, he retired to Valence back into private life.

During the French Revolution in 1794, he joined the army of Italy a. Following the establishment of the Directory, he was mayor to Valence, under the French Consulate prefect in the Manche department, then the department of Seine- et- Oise, 1804 Conseil d' État, 1806 Director of bridges and highways, and on October 1, 1809 Minister of the Interior.

He led the great buildings of Napoleon I from, among others, the Arc de Triomphe of Paris and the Palais Brongniart. During the rule of the Hundred Days he got as General Director ( Intendant général ) the administration of crown lands.

After the second restoration he retired from public life to his estate Duberri back, and was appointed in 1819 a peer of France.

His son Marthe Camille Bachasson Montalivet was also an important politician, and several times Interior Minister of France.

Honors

According to him, several streets were named in France, as well as the archipelago Montalivet Islands off the West Australian coast.