Portrait of Adolphe Crémieux

Adolphe Crémieux - was a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice under the Second Republic (1848) and Government of National Defense (1870–1871). He served as president of the Alliance Israélite Universelle (1863-67; 1868-80), secured French citizenship for Algerian Jews under French rule through the Crémieux Decree (1870), and was a staunch defender of the rights of the Jews of France.