Pierre Deval (diplomat)

Pierre Deval (* 1758, † 1829) was from 1814 to 1827 the French Consul General in Algeria. He was known for the diplomatic insult to him by the then formally belonging to the Ottoman Empire Algeria. This incident provided the pretext for the French invasion of Algeria, 1830.

Pierre Deval came from a family that produced a series dragomans since 1716, who were in the diplomatic service of France in the Ottoman Empire.

During the Napoleonic Wars the regency of Algiers benefited greatly from the Mediterranean trade and the massive food imports to France, which were largely financed by loans.

Hussein Dey - Algeria last Ottoman governor - demanded the repayment of a 31 year old liability for food supplies for supplying the French army during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. This food deliveries were initially financed by the Paris-based trading company Bacri and Busnach. These entrepreneurs were native Algerian Jews, and when the repayment failed to materialize, the former Dey jumped from Algiers. Hussein Dey wrote as the rightful successor of the lender to King Louis XVIII. , But without success.

On April 29, 1827 Hussein Dey was a reception, to which the French consul Pierre Deval appeared. Dey Hussein said the consul on the horrendous debt and demanded a reason for the negative attitude of the French government. Deval then replied, " that his government would respond under any circumstances because they believe it would be useless ." In this affront towards Dey Hussein replied the consul three blows with his fly whisk and pointed him out of the building. The now ruling King Charles X used this incident to break off diplomatic relations and to conquer Algeria in 1830. The French rule was to last the next 132 years.

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