Adolphe Crémieux
French politician
Died when: 83 years 286 days (1005 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Isaac-Jacob Adolphe Crémieux (French: [ad?lf k?emjø]; 30 April 1796 – 10 February 1880) was a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice under the Second Republic (1848) and Government of National Defense (1870–1871).
He served as president of the Alliance Israélite Universelle (1863-67; 1868-80), secured French citizenship for Algerian Jews under French rule through the Crémieux Decree (1870), and was a staunch defender of the rights of the Jews of France.
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