François Jean Léon de Maleville (8 May 1803 – 28 March 1879) was a French politician. Under the July Monarchy he was a deputy from 1834 to 1848. During the French Second Republic he was a representative in the Constituent Assembly in 1848–49, and was Minister of the Interior for a few days in 1848. He was a representative in the Legislative Assembly in 1849-52, and was again elected as representative in 1871-75, and as Senator from 1875 until his death in 1879. Early years François Jean Léon de Maleville was born in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, on 8 May 1803. His family was of the Protestant nobility. His parents were Pierre de Maleville de Condat and Marie Adrienne Sophie de Preissec. After studying law in Paris Maleville was accepted as an advocate and joined the office of the legitimist advocate Hennequin. His maternal uncle François Jean de Preissec (1778-1852) was appointed prefect of Gers in 1828, and Maleville became his personal secretary. The same year he published anonymously a political comedy, Les tribulations de M. le préfet, scènes électorales, His uncle resigned when the ministry of Jules de Polignac took office, then returned to the administration as prefect of the Gironde department after the July Revolution of 1830. Léon de Maleville became General Secretary of the Gironde department (Bordeaux) until 1833. July Monarchy Maleville resigned in 1833 to enter politics. He was elected the next year for the Caussade district of Tarn-et-Garonne, and took his place on the left. He was the youngest member of the Chamber. He supported the government of Adolphe Thiers in February 1836, then went into opposition with the government of Molé. He was reelected on 4 November 1837 and on 2 March 1839. In the second Thiers government of 1 March 1840 he was appointed Undersecretary of State at the Department of the Interior. To take this position he had to renew his mandate, and was confirmed on 28 March 1840. On 23 October 1840 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor. A few days later the government of Adolphe Thiers fell. Following this, as a member of the third party Maleville was a determined opponent of the policy of François Guizot. He was reelected on 9 July 1842 and on 1 August 1846. He spoke out against corruption. In 1846 the center support his candidacy for vice-president of the Chamber. The