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Georges Leygues

1857 - 1933

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Georges Leygues (French: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856 – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Leygues is the 11,286th most popular politician (up from 12,257th in 2019), the 3,262nd most popular biography from France (up from 3,685th in 2019) and the 731st most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georges Leygues ranks 11,286 out of 19,576. Before him are Bolesław II the Horned, Sigmar Gabriel, Hàm Nghi, Argaeus II of Macedon, Junius Rusticus, and Tippu Tip. After him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Alain Berset, Uglješa Mrnjavčević, Fernand Bouisson, Vyacheslav Kebich, and John III of Trebizond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Georges Leygues ranks 79. Before him are Julius Popper, Émile Cohl, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Charles Frédéric Petit, Uroš Predić, and Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin. After him are Alfred Bruneau, Stojan Protić, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Louis Dollo, Anita Augspurg, and Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt. Among people deceased in 1933, Georges Leygues ranks 70. Before him are Takiji Kobayashi, Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, and Mahmud Tarzi. After him are Eduard Vilde, John Henry Mackay, Henry Watson Fowler, Anastasia Golovina, Gustaf Cederström, and Lilla Cabot Perry.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Leygues ranks 3,262 out of 6,770. Before him are Sabine Azéma (1949), J. F. Oberlin (1740), Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607), Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842), Yvonne Furneaux (1926), and Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746). After him are Pierre Baillot (1771), Paul de Senneville (1933), Sébastien Vaillant (1669), Pierre Nicole (1625), Flodoard (894), and Pasquier Quesnel (1634).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Georges Leygues ranks 731. Before him are Auguste Vaillant (1861), Georges Marchais (1920), Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (1136), Henri Queuille (1884), René Duguay-Trouin (1673), and Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607). After him are Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1727), Joseph Laniel (1889), John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373), René de Froulay de Tessé (1648), Joan, Countess of Toulouse (1220), and Mark Meadows (1959).

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