Jules Ferry — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1832–1893 · France · Prime Minister

Jules Ferry

Free schools, free markets

The liberal republic, built.

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The republican statesman who built France's free secular school system, embodying a liberal capitalism paired with secular, civic progress.

social

Progressive secularist — free, compulsory, secular schooling.

economic

Liberal economics within a modernising republican state.

governance

Parliamentary republican who entrenched civil institutions.

Notable for
  • Free secular public schooling
  • Republican institution-building
  • Liberal economic policy
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