What is Louis-Jules Trochu?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Louis-Jules Trochu | honorific-suffix = | image = Louis Jules Trochu.jpg | caption = | office = Interim [[President of the French Republic|French Head of State]]<br><small>[[List of Prime Ministers of France|26th]] [[Prime Minister of France]]</small> | term_start = 4 September 1870 | term_end = 13 February 1871 | predecessor = Emperor [[Napoleon III#President of the French Republic|Napoleon III]] (Head of State)<br> [[Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao|Charles Cousin-Montauban]] (Prime Minister) | successor = [[Adolphe Thiers]] ([[French Third Republic|President of France]])<br>[[Jules Dufaure]] (Chief of Government) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1815|3|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Le Palais]], France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1896|10|7|1815|3|12|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Tours]], France | nationality = [[French nationality law|French]] }} '''Louis-Jules Trochu''' ({{IPA-fr|lwi ʒyl tʁɔʃy}}; 12 March 1815{{snd}}7 October 1896) was a French military leader and politician. He served as President of the [[Government of National Defense]]—France's ''de facto'' [[head of state]]—from 4 September 1870 until his resignation on 22 January 1871.<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Trochu, Louis Jules |volume=27 |page=298 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trochu, Louis Jules}} [[Category:1815 births]] [[Category:1896 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of France]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of France]] [[Category:People from Morbihan]] [[Category:Politicians from Brittany]] {{Presidents of France}} {{bio-stub}}