Admiral Constant Louis Jean Benjamin Jaurès (3 February 1823 – 13 March 1889) was a French Navy officer and politician. Born in Albi, Tarn, he was a senator for life and active in Japan during the 1863 Shimonoseki campaign and the Boshin War. He became Minister of the Navy and Colonies on 22 February 1889, in the government of Pierre Tirard. The famous French politician, Jean Jaurès, was his nephew.
See also
List of naval ministers of France
References
1823 births
1889 deaths
People from Albi
French republicans
Ministers of Marine and the Colonies
Members of the National Assembly (1871) Members of Parliament for Tarn French life senators Ambassadors of France to the Russian Empire Ambassadors of France to Spain 19th-century diplomats French Navy admirals French military personnel of the Crimean War French military personnel of the Second Opium War French military personnel of the Second French intervention in Mexico French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Order of Leopold (Belgium)