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Benoît Chassériau (also known as Benito Chassériau or Chasserieux) (19 August 1780 - 27 September 1844) was a French diplomat, French spy and Minister of the Interior of Simón Bolívar in Cartagena, Colombia〔‘Indiana University Publications: Social science series, Volumes 8-10 p.58 - Publisher Indiana University, 1939〕〔‘Selected Writings of Bolivar: 1823-1830’ – Ed. Colonial Press, 1951 - Latin America〕 ==Biography== * 1798-1801 - Financial Controller of two important provinces of Upper Egypt Benoît Chassériau came very early in the administration and made the memorable Egypt campaign. Although very young, he administered as Financial Controller, two important provinces of Upper Egypt from 1798 to 1801 under the command of general François-Étienne Damas and then under general Augustin-Daniel Belliard. * 1802-1807 - Treasurer-General and Secretary General of the French colony, Santo Domingo Appointed Treasurer-General, during the expedition to Santo Domingo in 1802, Benoît Chassériau held the position of Secretary General in the government of general Jean-Louis Ferrand in the eastern part of Santo Domingo, ceded to France by the Treaty of Basel. During the invasion of the peninsula by the imperial armies, this part of the territory of Santo Domingo, remained more Spanish than French rose. Taken prisoner, Benoît Chassériau has managed to escape but maritime war prevented him from returning to France. He visited the West Indies and the mainland of Spanish America. Benoit Chassériau was one of the French exiles at the origin of the city of Aigleville and the Vine and Olive Colony. * 1813 - Appointed by Simón Bolívar Ministry of the Interior (Colombia) and the Police in Cartagena, Colombia Chassériau was appointed in 1813, Minister of Interior and Police of the government of Cartagena with his friend Antoine Leleux, who had the portfolio of War.〔〔〔‘Simón Bolívar, más allá del mito: una reconstrucción documental de la vida de El Libertador, don Simón Bolívar, sus relaciones con El Protector, don José de San Martín y sus conexiones con la pequeña y grande historia de América’ - Guillermo Ruíz Rivas - Ediciones Tercer Mundo, 1964〕 * January 1814 – Commander of the secret expedition against Portobelo (Panama) - the first expedition for the liberation of Panama Benoît Chassériau as commander〔son nom est déformé en espagnol et s'écrit Benito Chaserieux – voir ‘La Independencia de Panamá en 1821: antecedentes, balance y proyecciones’ par Celestino Andrés Araúz - edition Academia Panameña de la Historia, 1980 – page 83 et ‘Panamá y sus relaciones internacionales: Estudio introductorio - Volume 15 of Biblioteca de la cultura panameña Volume 1 of Panamá y sus relaciones internacionales’ par Celestino Andrés Araúz – edition EUPAN, Editorial Universitaria, 1994 – page 17〕 took a very active part in the first expedition led by independent against Portobelo (Panama) and Santa Marta. He left Cartagena with 460 men on board 8 schooners and attacked Portobelo (Panama) in January 16, 1814. This expedition was a failure and was rejected by the Spanish royalists controlled by governor Joaquín Rodríguez Valcárcel. The second expedition conducted in 1819 by Scottish general Gregor MacGregor was a success. At that time, Benoît Chassériau belonged to the Masonic Lodge of Cartagena “Las Tres Virtudes Teologales” which belonged to many revolutionaries including the clergyman Juan Fernandez de Sotomayor, the future bishop of Cartagena. Benoît Chassériau was the representative of the lodge to the Grand Orient of France. Belong to a lodge was more a sign of adherence to philosophical or religious principles in a revolutionary goal for freedom and against Spain. * 1822-1825 - Employed by the Department of Foreign Affairs as a ‘non official’ agent in South America Returned to France in 1822, François-René de Chateaubriand then Minister of Foreign Affairs sent him on a foreign posting from 1823 to 1824.〔‘Bulletin de la Société Chateaubriand – Édition La Vallée-aux-Loups, p.8 à 10, 1979〕 Chateaubriand gave two informal postings to Benoît Chassériau: the first mission was to ensure the mediation of France between Spain and the new State and the second mission to facilitate trade relations between Colombia and the French Caribbean colonies mainly Martinique.〔‘‘The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection at Hamilton College: A Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Maps, and Drawings, 1521-1860’ par Samuel Jones Hough et Penelope R. O. Hough – Editions University Press of Florida, 1994 - pages 292, 293, 297, 299, 300 et 301〕 * 1826-1830 - Employed by the Department of the Navy, as agent in the Danish island of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands * 1832-1833 - Employed by the Department of Foreign Affairs, as a Consul of France in St. Thomas * 1835-1839 - Honorary Consul accredited in Puerto Rico * 1840-1844 – Consul of France in Puerto Rico Chassériau was accredited in 1835 as Consul of France in Puerto Rico where there was a population of 450,000 souls - of which 12,000 French. Benoît Chassériau died in Puerto Rico in September 27, 1844. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benoît Chassériau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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