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(Redirected from Henri François Xavier Gresley) French politician (1819–1890)
Henri Gresley; photograph by Eugène Appert.

Henri François Xavier Gresley (9 February 1819, Wassy – 2 May 1890, Paris) was a French Minister of War.

In government, Gresley led to MacMahon's resignation as President of the Republic when he asked for the purge of several monarchist generals against MacMahon's wishes.

References

  1. Yvert, Benoît, ed. (1990). Dictionnaire des ministres (1789–1989). Paris: Perrin. p. 481.
  2. "Henri François Xavier GRESLEY (1819-1890)".
Political offices
Preceded byJean-Louis Borel Minister of War
16 May 1878 – 28 December 1879 		Succeeded byJean Joseph Frédéric Adolphe Farre


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