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1. Minister of War (Charles De Freycinet) You Were 1. Minister of War (Charles de Freycinet) th You were born in Foix, France on November 14 ​ 1828 into a Protestant family. You ​ attended Ecole Polytechnique where you studied engineering. You were a traffic manager before ​ becoming an inspector­general in 1886. When the Third Republic was established in September 1870, you became chief of the military manpower administration under Leon Gambetta. During this time, you passed an amnesty for Communards, but popular support is fading as you tried to appeal to both the Catholics and anti­clericalists. Overt powers: ­ You have a direct access to military administrations ­ You have direct authority over the deployment of military forces both foreign and domestic 2. Minister of the Treasury (Jules Meline) Bio: You are the Minister of the Treasury. You were the former Minister of Agriculture (1883­1885) ​ and President of the Chamber of Deputies (1888­1889), and thereby bring a broad expertise specific to the economics of agriculture. Despite your unique set of past public offices, your political peers hold you in high regard for being able to adapt to evolving political environments. Overt powers: ​ ​ ­ You have direct authority over budgetary issues, including the Central Bank ­ You have indirect influence on appropriation of the budget ­ You are highly respected by peers 3. Minister of Foreign Affairs (Alexandre Ribot) You were born in Saint­Omer on 7 February 1842. You are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with a strong lean towards Republican Policies. You studied law at the University of Paris, where you founded the Society of Comparative Law. From 1875 to 1876, you became director of criminal affairs and Secretary­General of the Ministry of Justice. It was not until 1877 that you started to play an active role in politics, as he participated in the committee of legal resistance, and later became a moderate republican member for Boulogne. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, you dedicated a lot of time to English law. You also work with Minister of Overseas to regulate foreign affairs. Unlike Minister of Overseas, you specialize in foreign affairs instead of colonial management. Overt Powers: ­ You are often described as eloquent, reasonable, and passionate. ­ You represent France when negotiating with other entities around the globe. ­ You have direct authority over determining France’s foreign policy stance. ­ You are very diplomatic and charming, which wins you many allies as Minister of Foreign Affairs 4. Director of Military Intelligence Agency (Jean Casimir­Perier) You were born on November 8, 1847 in Paris. You were raised under a politically active family, as your father once served as the Minister of the Interior. You became General Councillor of the Aube department in 1874, and later to the Chamber of Deputies. In 1883, you held a position as Under­Secretary of State for War, until January 1885. As of 1890, you are the Director of Military Intelligence Agency. Overt Powers ● You have access to military agents in French territories, including Senegal, that can generate news to spark incidents. ● You have access to the most modern, state­of­the­art military technology and facilities 5. Head of Protestant Mission to West Africa (Albert Schweitzer) A bilingual from Alsace­Lorraine, you are fluent in both German and French, although you considered yourself a French and mostly wrote in the language. You received your doctorate degrees in both philosophy and theology at the University of Strasbourg, where you drafted your famous treatise on the Paulian theology and Lutheran critique of historical significance of Jesus. To fulfill your promise to yourself that you would focus on academics and music until you were 30 and then move on to a life of service, you spent another 7 years in medical school to receive a medical doctor certification, with which you would travel to Africa. You mainly offered your medical service in West Africa, particularly in Lamaréné(present day Gabon), where you and your spouse built a network of Christian missions and hospitals to treat those in need. You are the most influential religious figure in the region and head of protestant Mission to West Africa. Overt Powers ­ You are openly respected by Christian communities in both France and Germany ­ You have an authority over budgetary issues of medical facilities in Western Africa ­ You informally represent African communities. 6. Catholic Archbishop/Cardinal (Jean Donatien François Girard) Born into a devout Protestant family in Amiens in 1835, you spent the first 10 years of your life under a domestically violent father. After your younger brother died of typhoid, you finally manage to run away from home, only to find yourself on the streets of Reims. Spotted by a catholic priest while sleeping on a stone bench of the Reims Cathedral, you were later sent to Grand séminaire de Besançon to find light in a new, orthodox, and systematic christian organization that is the Catholic Church. There, you slowly cleared away your abhorrence of religion, which partly derived from your traumatic experiences at home, and developed a new purpose of life in preservation of Catholicism in the Third French Republic in the midst of turbulent secular movements. After 30 years of service in the Catholic Church, you were appointed the archbishop of your hometown and presided in the Amiens Cathedral. Your first act as such a highly political and influential figure was to politely decline the offer to create your own coat­of­arms(a privilege that only bishops could bask in). Overt Powers ­ Authority over priests and seminaries in eastern France ­ Respected by most Catholics in France ­ Stern but fair ­ Obligated to follow Papal proclamations ­ Right to petition excommunications 7. Former Governor Militant (Georges Boulanger) Born in Rennes in 1837, you started your career in the French military at the École spéciale Militaire de Saint­Cyr, the oldest military academy of France. Thanks to your noteworthy bravery in the Franco­Prussian War and the subsequent destruction of Paris Commune, you became a brigadier general and served as the director of infantry under Minister of War Jean­Baptiste Billot. your analysis of the cause of French defeat in the Franco­Prussian War and the effort to mitigate chronic problems in morale and efficiency promoted you to the position of Minister of War, earning you a nickname “Général Revanche(General Revenge).” Your public opposition to Imperial Germany was extremely popular amongst French citizens, to the extent that right wing extremists “League of Patriots” concocted a conspiracy to overthrow the Third Republic and build a new nation with you as its leader. Although you had resigned from your office, owing to the difference in opinion with the rest of the cabinet, you still held a significant popular support to make the League’s plan happen. However, your procrastination, largely due to the visit to your mistress Madame Bonnemain, gave way to your political opponents to put an end to the plot. With many of your supporters, including the League of Patriots, arrested, and was released. Your supporters still exist, however, both in military and civil societies. Overt Powers ­ You are still widely respected by many Frenchmen, especially young patriots. ­ Many of current cabinet members owe you much political debt. 8. Minister of Overseas (Maurice Rouvier) You were born 1842 in Aix­en­Provence. In the early part of your career, You devoted your time towards business at Marseille. You specialized in finance, as you repeatedly served on the Budget Commission as president. In 1881, you joined Gambetta's cabinet as minister of commerce and the colonies. You are strongly anti­Imperialist, as you founded an anti­imperial journal, called L'Egalité, translated The Equality. You serve as the Minister of Overseas, where you cooperate with Minister of Foreign Affairs to regulate foreign affairs. Unlike the Minister of Foreign Affairs, you focus on colonial management. Overt Powers: ● Because of your years of advocacy for anti­Imperialism and equal rights, you are well­respected by minorities. ● You have direct authority over colonial budgetary issues and management. 9. Minister of the Interior (Léon Bourgeois) You were born in Paris in 1851. You studied law in your early years, and were prefect of the Tarn and the Haute­Garonne. You later returned to Paris and became Prefect of Police in 1887 and were briefly under secretary for Home Affairs in Charles Floquet’s ministry from 1888 to 1889. Overt Power: ­ You have direct authority over natural resource regulations. ­ You exert indirect Influence over mining and oil industries. ­ Control of railroads and transportations is yours. 10. Police Chief (Henri Brisson) st You were born in Bourges on July 31 ​ 1835 to a lawyer. You consider yourself a staunch ​ republican and possess strong anticlerical views. You received a law degree in Paris. You also contributed regularly to a number of republican journals, most notably Le’Avenir (1854 – 55) and Le Temps (1864), of which you were an editor. You were elected to the Assembly in 1871 and is a member of the extreme Left. Overt Power: ­ You have direct authority to dispatch police forces. ­ Major riots and revolts will be first through your orders. ­ You are honest and firm, and hence you have popular respect and authority. ­ You have a strong following from the left radicals. 11. President of the National Labour Union (Pierre Waldeck­Rousseau) You were born in Nantes in 1846 and raised in a Catholic and republican family. You studied law in Paris, and like your father, you also spent some years working at a Parisian bar in republican circles. In 1871, you moved to the bar of Rennes and then returned to the Chamber of Deputies in 1877. Later, you organized the St. Nazaire National Defense.
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