René François Élisabeth Tiburce de Thorigny (19 July 1798 – 22 January 1869) was a French lawyer and politician who was appointed Minister of the Interior in the last cabinet of the French Second Republic.
René François Élisabeth Tiburce de Thorigny was born at Bessenay, Rhône, France, on 19 July 1798.
[1] Thorigny joined the bar and also wrote for several conservative journals, particularly the Gazette de France.
He joined the Bonapartists and on 26 October 1851 was named Minister of the Interior.
He was ineffective, and on 4 March 1853 was promoted to the Senate, where he voted with the majority.