Élie, duc Decazes

Élie Decazes
Portrait by François Gérard engraved by Paolo Toschi
Prime Minister of France
In office
19 November 1819  20 February 1820
MonarchLouis XVIII
Preceded byJean-Joseph Dessolles
Succeeded byArmand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu
Minister of the Interior
In office
29 December 1818  20 February 1820
Prime MinisterJean-Joseph Dessolles
Preceded byJoseph Lainé
Succeeded byJoseph Jérôme Siméon
Minister of Police
In office
26 September 1815  29 December 1818
Prime MinisterArmand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu
Preceded byJoseph Fouché
Succeeded byOffice abolished
(merged into the Interior Ministry)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Seine
In office
25 August 1815  4 October 1816
Preceded byAntoine Isaac de Sacy
Succeeded byCasimir Périer
ConstituencyParis
Prefect of Police of Paris
In office
9 July 1815  29 September 1815
Appointed byLouis XVIII
Preceded byEustache-Marie Courtin
Succeeded byJules Anglès
Personal details
Born(1780-09-28)28 September 1780
Saint-Martin-de-Laye, Guyenne, France
Died24 October 1860(1860-10-24) (aged 80)
Paris, Seine, France
Political partyDoctrinaires
Spouses
Elisabeth-Fortunée Muraire
(m. 1805; died 1806)
    Wilhelmine de Saint-Aulaire
    (m. 1818)
    ChildrenLouis
    Frédéric
    Henriette
    EducationMilitary School of Vendôme
    ProfessionStatesman
    Signature

    Élie, 1st Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg (born Élie Louis Decazes; 28 September 1780  24 October 1860) was a French statesman, leader of the liberal Doctrinaires party during the Bourbon Restoration.