# Johann Birnbaum - Prefect of the Département des Forêts

URL: https://allhistories.com/luxembourg/rulers/johann-birnbaum
Term of office: 1800
Born-Died: 6 January 1763 - 20 May 1832
Dynasty: Prefect of the Département des Forêts
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Birnbaum

Johann (Jean) Birnbaum, a jurist from the Palatinate and later president of the Court of Appeal at Zweibrücken, was named the first prefect of the Département des Forêts on 2 March 1800, under the Consulate's law of 28 pluviôse year VIII (17 February 1800) that placed an appointed prefect at the head of every French department. He served only a few months; before then the department, created in October 1795 from most of the Duchy of Luxembourg, had been run by elected central administrations and government commissioners.

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