Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Georges-Eugène Haussmann | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Haute-Corse | |
| In office 14 October 1877 – 27 October 1882 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 9 June 1857 – 4 September 1870 | |
| Monarch | Napoleon III |
| Prefect of Seine | |
| In office 23 June 1853 – 5 January 1870 | |
| Monarch | Napoleon III |
| Preceded by | Jean-Jacques Berger |
| Succeeded by | Henri Chevreau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1809 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 January 1891 (aged 81) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris |
| Political party | Bonapartist |
| Spouse |
Octavie de Laharpe
(m. 1838–1890) |
| Children | Marie-Henriette Valentine Eugénie (illegitimate) |
| Education | Lycée Condorcet |
| Alma mater | Conservatoire de Paris |
| Profession | Official, prefect |
Georges-Eugène Haussmann (French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) øʒɛn (baʁɔ̃) osman]; 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), commonly known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Critics forced his dismissal in 1870, but his vision of the city still defines central Paris today.