Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet (23 March 1800 – 12 July 1876) was a French lawyer and politician from Lyon who was Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs for a few months in 1836 and was President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1839 until the February Revolution of 1848.

[1] Sauzet pleaded in trials that ranged from major criminal cases to complex questions of commerce or administration.

His reputation spread quickly and Jean Joseph Antoine de Courvoisier, formerly Attorney General in Lyon and now Minister of Justice, offered him a position at the Royal Court of Paris, which he refused.

Jean de Chantelauze, former keeper of the seals of King Charles X of France, chose Sauzet to defend him at the Court of Paris.

[2] In 1833 Sauzet undertook the defense of General Saint-Priest, implicated in the affair of Carlo Alberto, and obtained his acquittal.

[3] Sauzet was appointed Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs in the cabinet headed by Adolphe Thiers announced on 22 February 1836.