Background
Louis Joseph Ernest Picard was born in Paris, France on the 24th of December 1821.
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Louis Joseph Ernest Picard
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He took his doctorate in law in 1846.
Career
Picard joined the Parisian bar. In the 1860s Picard was an active member of the Conference Mole, as were Leon Gambetta, Clement Laurier and Leon Renault. At that time the Mole met in the Cafe Procope in the Rue de l'Ancienne-Comedie, the oldest coffee house in Paris.
In 1868 he founded a weekly democratic journal, L'Electeur libre, and in 1869 was elected both for Herault and Paris, electing to sit for the former.
From 4 September 1870 he held the portfolio of finance in the government of National Defence.
In January 1871 he accompanied Jules Favre to Versailles to arrange the capitulation of the Paris Commune, and in the next month he became minister of the interior in Adolphe Thiers's cabinet. Attacked both by the monarchist and the republican press, he resigned in May.
Later in the year he was sent as ambassador to Brussels, where he remained for two years. On his return to Paris he resumed his seat in the Left centre, and in 1875 became life senator.
He died in Paris.
Politics
Elected to the corps législatif in 1858, he became a follower of Emile Ollivier. As Ollivier moved towards the government standpoint, Picard, one of the members of the group known as Les Cinq, veered more to the left.
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May 13, 1877 (aged 56) -
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France -
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