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Georges Clemenceau

1841 - 1929

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Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who was Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War. He was a key figure of the Independent Radicals, advocating for the separation of church and state, as well as the amnesty of the Communards exiled to New Caledonia. After about 1,400,000 French soldiers were killed between the German invasion and Armistice, he demanded a total victory over the German Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Clemenceau is the 786th most popular politician (up from 847th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from France (up from 316th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular French Politician.

Georges Clemenceau was a French politician who was the Prime Minister of France during World War I. He is most famous for his role in the Treaty of Versailles.

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Among politicians, Georges Clemenceau ranks 786 out of 19,576. Before him are Dilma Rousseff, Abbas the Great, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Murad V, Henry I of France, and Staurakios. After him are Æthelbald, King of Wessex, Gordian I, Friedrich Ebert, Edvard Beneš, Abd al-Rahman III, and Louis Bonaparte.

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Among people born in 1841, Georges Clemenceau ranks 7. Before him are Edward VII, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Antonín Dvořák, Gustave Le Bon, Berthe Morisot, and Nicholas I of Montenegro. After him are Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Itō Hirobumi, Otto Wagner, Emil Theodor Kocher, Frédéric Bazille, and Henri Fayol. Among people deceased in 1929, Georges Clemenceau ranks 2. Before him is Karl Benz. After him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Ferdinand Foch, Gustav Stresemann, Wilhelm Maybach, Herman Hollerith, Charles Cooley, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Bernhard von Bülow, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Sergei Diaghilev.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Clemenceau ranks 285 out of 6,770. Before him are Honoré Daumier (1808), Prosper Mérimée (1803), François Couperin (1668), Philippa of Hainault (1314), Philip the Good (1396), and Henry I of France (1008). After him are Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Louis Bonaparte (1778), Hugues de Payens (1074), Simone Weil (1909), and Raymond Poincaré (1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Clemenceau ranks 73. Before him are Philip I of France (1052), Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Philip V of France (1293), Philip the Good (1396), and Henry I of France (1008). After him are Louis Bonaparte (1778), Raymond Poincaré (1860), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Robert II of France (972), Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682), and Richard I of Normandy (933).

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