Charles Duclerc

Charles Duclerc
Prime Minister of France
In office
7 August 1882  29 January 1883
PresidentJules Grévy
Preceded byCharles de Freycinet
Succeeded byArmand Fallières
Personal details
Born9 November 1812
Died21 July 1888(1888-07-21) (aged 75)
Political partyOpportunist Republicans

Charles Théodore Eugène Duclerc (French: [ʃaʁl dyklɛʁ]; 7 August 1812, Bagnères-de-Bigorre – 29 January 1888) was a French journalist and politician of the Third Republic. He was a member of the editorial board of the National newspaper. Duclerc served as Minister of Finance from 7 March to 9 May 1848 in the provisional government of France headed by Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure. He later served for six months as prime minister, from 1882 to 1883 under the third Republic.

Duclerc was born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and he died in Paris.