Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (died 1807)

Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait

French shipwright, hydrographer and politician

Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait was a French shipwright, hydrographer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy.

List of naval ministers of France

One of France's Secretaries of State under the Ancien Régime was entrusted with control of the French Navy In 1791, this title was changed to Minister of the Navy. Before January 1893, this position also had responsibility for France's colonies, and was usually known as Minister…