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Alain Poher

1909 - 1996

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Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (French: [alɛ̃ pɔɛʁ]; 17 April 1909 – 9 December 1996) was a French politician who served as President of the Senate from 1968 to 1992. In this capacity, he was twice briefly acting President of France, in 1969 and 1974 following the resignation of Charles de Gaulle and the death of Georges Pompidou, respectively. Poher was affiliated with the Popular Republican Movement (MRP) until 1966 and later with the Democratic Centre (CD) and Centre of Social Democrats (CSD), which he joined in 1976. A native of Ablon-sur-Seine south of Paris, Poher was a longtime member of the Senate (1946–1948; 1952–1995), where he sat first for Seine-et-Oise until 1968 and then Val-de-Marne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Poher is the 3,843rd most popular politician (up from 3,998th in 2019), the 1,156th most popular biography from France (up from 1,244th in 2019) and the 274th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alain Poher ranks 3,843 out of 19,576. Before him are Tutush I, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Heungseon Daewongun, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Herbert Backe. After him are Ana Pauker, Eleonora Gonzaga, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Intef II, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Alain Poher ranks 41. Before him are Marinus van der Lubbe, Miep Gies, Juan Vicente Pérez, Teiichi Matsumaru, John Fante, and Leo Fender. After him are Virginia Apgar, Tokizo Ichihashi, Jessica Tandy, Hélder Câmara, Yiannis Ritsos, and László Rajk. Among people deceased in 1996, Alain Poher ranks 45. Before him are Fujiko Fujio, Masaki Kobayashi, Marcel Carné, António de Spínola, Helmut Schön, and George Davis Snell. After him are Martin Balsam, Marianne Bachmeier, J. R. Jayewardene, Max Manus, Ernesto Geisel, and P. L. Travers.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Poher ranks 1,156 out of 6,770. Before him are Balthus (1908), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), and Jean II Le Maingre (1366). After him are Jean Rochefort (1930), Louise de Marillac (1591), Étienne Bézout (1730), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Lionel Jospin (1937), and Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Alain Poher ranks 274. Before him are Charibert II (618), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Hugh of Italy (880), James II of Majorca (1243), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), and Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945). After him are Lionel Jospin (1937), Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611), Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), Ferdinand Buisson (1841), and Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401).

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