Démosthène Ollivier [SEP] native language
Démosthène Ollivier
Démosthène Ollivier (25 February 1799 – 22 April 1884) was a French businessman and politician. He was a staunch democrat and Republican, and was opposed to the Bourbon Restoration and the monarchy of Louis Philippe I. In the 1830s he was a friend of the Italian nationalist politician Giuseppe Mazzini. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly after the revolution of 1848. He protested the 1851 coup by Prince Louis Napoleon, and was forced into exile. His son Émile Ollivier became a prominent politician, and Démosthène Ollivier was
allowed to return to France in 1860.
Early years.
Démosthène Ollivier was born in Toulon, Var on 25 February 1799.
He entered commerce at a young age, and headed a trading house in Marseille dealing in fabrics.
Démosthène Ollivier held democratic views, and was opposed to the Bourbon Restoration (1814–30).
In 1822 Ollivier was denounced for having taken part in a plot against the monarchy, was arrested and condemned to six months in prison and a fine.
Ollivier married Marie Geneviève Claire