Louis André, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis André

French politician (1838-1913)

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1838

Place of Birth: Nuits-Saint-Georges, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1913

Profession: military personnel, politician, military officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Louis André (28 March 1838, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-d'Or – 18 March 1913) was France's Minister of War from 1900 until 1904.
Loyal to the laïque Third Republic, he was anti-Catholic, militantly anticlerical, a Freemason and was implicated in the Affaire Des Fiches, a scandal in which he received reports from Masonic groups on which army officers were practicing Catholics for the purpose of denying their promotions.