Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe | |
Office: | Vice President of France |
Term Start: | 20 January 1849 |
Term End: | 14 January 1852 |
President: | Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte |
Predecessor: | Office established |
Successor: | Office abolished |
Birth Place: | Nancy, France |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1797 |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Signature: | Signature d'Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica.svg |
Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe, 2nd Count Boulay de La Meurthe (15 July 1797 – 24 November 1858) was a French politician who served as vice president of France from 1849 to 1852, and is the only person to ever have that title.[1]
He was born in Nancy, France in 1797.
A staunch Republican and Bonapartist, he was elected to the Provisional Assembly in 1848, and was elected Vice President on 20 January 1849. He served until 14 January 1852, upon which the post, and the Second Republic itself, were abolished. He served in the Senate from 26 January 1852 until his death on 24 November 1858.
He died in Paris, France on 24 November 1858 at the age of 61.[2]