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Félix Faure

1841 - 1899

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Félix François Faure (French: [feliks fʁɑ̃swa fɔʁ] ; 30 January 1841 – 16 February 1899) was President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. A native of Paris, he worked as a tanner in his younger years. Faure became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Seine-Inférieure in 1881. He rose to prominence in national politics up until unexpectedly assuming the presidency, during which time France's relations with Russia improved. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Félix Faure is the 2,254th most popular politician (down from 1,774th in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from France (down from 613th in 2019) and the 166th most popular French Politician.

Félix Faure was the President of France from 1895 to 1899. He is most famous for being the subject of a scandalous affair with Marguerite Steinheil, a married woman who was his mistress.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Félix Faure ranks 2,254 out of 19,576. Before him are Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Wang Jingwei, Adnan Menderes, Felix Yusupov, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, and Laurent-Désiré Kabila. After him are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Gustav Heinemann, Sergey Bubka, Ephialtes of Trachis, Géza II of Hungary, and Michel Barnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Félix Faure ranks 15. Before him are Itō Hirobumi, Otto Wagner, Emil Theodor Kocher, Frédéric Bazille, Henri Fayol, and Henry Morton Stanley. After him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Armand Fallières, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Ferdinand Buisson, Armand Guillaumin, and Emmanuel Chabrier. Among people deceased in 1899, Félix Faure ranks 5. Before him are Johann Strauss II, Alfred Sisley, Robert Bunsen, and Leo von Caprivi. After him are Paul Reuter, Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Ernest Chausson, Sophus Lie, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, and Horatio Alger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Félix Faure ranks 735 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Michèle Mercier (1939), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), and François Guizot (1787). After him are Jan Gossaert (1478), Michel Barnier (1951), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Antipope Clement VII (1342), and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Félix Faure ranks 166. Before him are Jules Grévy (1807), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Vincent Auriol (1884), Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284), and René Coty (1882). After him are Michel Barnier (1951), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Louise of Lorraine (1553), Simone Veil (1927), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), and Arbogast (340).

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