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Frédéric Passy was a French economist and politician and became an ardent pacificist. He was the Auditor for the French Council of State from 1846 to 1849 and strongly supported free trade as the best means to promote peaceful relations between states. Passy founded the International League for Peace in 1867, which established his leadership in the world pacificist movement. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1881 to 1889 and met with a group of British legislators, led by Randal Cremer. This meeting led to the establishment of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1889, an organization designed as a forum where national legislators could meet, exchange ideas, and support legislation which encouraged peace through arbitration. Passy received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Jean-Henri Dunant and died in Paris on June 12, 1912. 1822 -- Born in Paris 1845-1849 -- Auditor for the French Council of State 1857 -- Mélanges éconmiques, which established him as a theoretical economist and ardent free trader 1867 -- Led public opinion through Le Temps in averting a potential war between France and Prussia over the Luxembourg question -- Founded the International League for Peace (Ligue internationale et permanente de la paix) 1871 -- Reorganized the International League for Peace as the French Society for the Friends of Peace (Société française des amis de la paix) after the Franco-Prussian War 1877 -- Elected to the Académie de sciences morales et politiques, a unit of the Institut de France, for his research on economics and education 1881-1889 -- Member of the Chamber of Deputies where he supported legislation favorable to labor (industrial accidents), opposed French colonial policy, drafted a disarmament proposal, and called for the arbitration of international disputes 1888 -- Meeting of British Members of Parliament, led by Randal Cremer, with French deputies in Paris to discuss arbitration and lay the groundwork of an organization to promote international acceptance of arbitration 1889 -- Conference of Parliamentarians from France, Britain, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, and the United States established the Inter-Parliamentary Union with Passy as one of the three presidents: the Union serves as a clearinghouse of ideas, encourages the formation of individual national parliamentary groups, and supports legislation which leads to peace through arbitration -- Established the French Society for Arbitration between Nations (Société française pour l’arbitrage entre nations) 1901 -- Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1909 -- Published For Peace (Pour la paix) 1912 -- Died in Paris
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