Jacques Louis Randon

Jacques Louis Randon
Born25 March 1795
Grenoble, Dauphiné, France
Died16 January 1871 (aged 75)
Geneva, Switzerland
AllegianceFrance
BranchFrench Army
RankGénéral de division
Battles / warsNapoleonic Wars
Franco-Austrian War
Pacification of Algeria
AwardsMarshal of France
Grand Croix of the Legion of Honor
Spouse(s)Clotilde Périer,
Zénaïde Suin
Minister of War of France
In office
24 January – 26 October 1851
PresidentLouis Napoleon Bonaparte
Prime MinisterLouis Napoleon Bonaparte
Léon Faucher
Preceded byAuguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély
Succeeded byJacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
In office
5 May 1859 – 20 January 1867
MonarchNapoleon III
Preceded byJean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
Succeeded byAdolphe Niel
Governor-General of Algeria
In office
11 December 1851 – 31 August 1858
MonarchNapoleon III
PresidentLouis Napoleon Bonaparte
Prime MinisterLouis Napoleon Bonaparte
Minister of the Navy and ColoniesThéodore Ducos
Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant
Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat
Hippolyte Fortoul
Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin
Preceded byAimable Pélissier
Succeeded byPrince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte (as Minister for Algeria and the Colonies)

Jacques Louis César Alexandre Randon, 1st Count Randon (25 March 1795 – 16 January 1871) was a French military and political leader, also Marshal of France and governor of Algeria.

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