Étienne Maurice Gérard

Étienne Maurice Gérard
Prime Minister of France
In office
18 July 1834  10 November 1834
MonarchLouis Philippe I
Preceded byJean-de-Dieu Soult
Succeeded byHugues-Bernard Maret
Personal details
Born(1773-04-04)4 April 1773
Damvillers, Kingdom of France
(modern-day France)
Died17 April 1852(1852-04-17) (aged 79)
Paris, French Republic
AwardsLegion of Honor (Grand Cross)
Military service
Allegiance First French Republic
 First French Empire
 Kingdom of France
RankMarshal of France
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Belgian Revolution

Étienne Maurice Gérard, 1st Comte Gérard (French: [etjɛn mɔʁis ʒeʁaʁ]; 4 April 1773  17 April 1852) was a French general and statesman. He served under a succession of French governments including the ancien regime monarchy, the Revolutionary governments, the Restorations, the July Monarchy, the First and Second Republics, and the First Empire (and arguably the Second), becoming prime minister briefly in 1834.