Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak ʁeʒis də kɑ̃baseʁɛs], 18 October 1753 – 8 March 1824), was a French nobleman, lawyer, freemason and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire. He is best remembered as one of the authors of the Napoleonic Code, which still forms the basis of French civil law and French-inspired civil law in many countries.
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès | |
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Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, late 18th century | |
| Second Consul of France | |
| In office 12 December 1799 – 18 May 1804 | |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (as Provisional Consul) |
| Succeeded by | Republic abolished |
| Archchancellor of the Empire | |
| In office 18 May 1804 – 14 April 1814 20 March 1815 – 22 June 1815 | |
| Monarch | Napoleon I |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 20 March 1815 – 22 June 1815 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Dambray |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Jacques Claude Joseph, comte Boulay de la Meurthe |
| President of the National Convention | |
| In office 7 October 1794 – 22 October 1794 | |
| Preceded by | André Dumont |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Louis Prieur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 October 1753 Montpellier, France |
| Died | 8 March 1824 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
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