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Joseph Fouché

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Joseph Fouché — Bonaparte’s Minister of Police, a regicide turned duke, 1759–1820
A regicide Conventionnel who became master of the imperial police, several times minister and twice disgraced by the Emperor, he died in exile at Trieste. (Editorial synthesis)
2 offices are recorded for Joseph Fouché: Ministry of General Police (from 1799 to 1802) and Ministry of General Police (from 1804 to 1810, disgrace). (source: Fondation Napoléon)
Joseph Fouché was born on 21 May 1759. (source: Fondation Napoléon)
Joseph Fouché died on 26 December 1820. (source: Fondation Napoléon)
Joseph Fouché died in Trieste. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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