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Paul Reynaud

1878 - 1966

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Paul Reynaud (French: [pɔl ʁɛno]; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany. Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of September 1938, when France and the United Kingdom gave way before Hitler's proposals for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. After the outbreak of World War II, Reynaud became the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic in March 1940. He was also vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Reynaud is the 2,707th most popular politician (down from 2,532nd in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from France (down from 847th in 2019) and the 198th most popular French Politician.

Paul Reynaud was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from March 16, 1938 to March 21, 1940. He was a leading figure in the French government during the lead-up to World War II.

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Among politicians, Paul Reynaud ranks 2,707 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Mariano Rajoy, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, John, Prince of Asturias, Barsine, and Constantine Laskaris. After him are Şehzade Abdullah, David IV of Georgia, Cevdet Sunay, Irene of Hungary, Süleyman Çelebi, and Amyntas III of Macedon.

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Among people born in 1878, Paul Reynaud ranks 17. Before him are André Citroën, Alfred Döblin, Robert Walser, Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, and Ferenc Molnár. After him are Maurice René Fréchet, Ernest King, Milan Nedić, Gemma Galgani, George Whipple, and Shigeru Yoshida. Among people deceased in 1966, Paul Reynaud ranks 26. Before him are Montgomery Clift, Chester W. Nimitz, Dietrich von Choltitz, Vincent Auriol, Guillermo Stábile, and Chang Myon. After him are Célestin Freinet, Albert Göring, Abdul Salam Arif, Wäinö Aaltonen, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, and Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Reynaud ranks 857 out of 6,770. Before him are Mylène Demongeot (1935), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), François Darlan (1881), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), and Robert Curthose (1054). After him are François Bayrou (1951), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Pierre Méchain (1744), Arnaut Daniel (1150), and Theobald I of Navarre (1201).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Paul Reynaud ranks 198. Before him are Louise of Savoy (1476), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Auguste Mariette (1821), and François Darlan (1881). After him are François Bayrou (1951), Theobald I of Navarre (1201), Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), and Renée of France (1510).

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