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Pierre Mendès France

1907 - 1982

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Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France (French: [pjɛʁ mɑ̃dɛs fʁɑ̃s]; 11 January 1907 – 18 October 1982) was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955. As a member of the Radical Party, he headed a government supported by a coalition of Gaullists (RPF), moderate socialists (UDSR), Christian democrats (MRP) and liberal-conservatives (CNIP). Pierre-Mendès France is primarily remembered as the French Prime Minister who was in office at the outbreak of the Algerian independence war in 1954. During his tenure, France initiated close military cooperation with Israel, selling arms and aircraft to the young state. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Mendès France is the 5,609th most popular politician (down from 5,219th in 2019), the 1,601st most popular biography from France (down from 1,599th in 2019) and the 389th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Mendès France ranks 5,609 out of 19,576. Before him are Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Bess Truman, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Norodom Ranariddh, and Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Alexandre Pétion, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Margaret Bondfield, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Antipope Constantine II, and Abdul Halim of Kedah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Pierre Mendès France ranks 80. Before him are Leonor Fini, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Giovanni Ferrari, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Daigoro Kondo, and Albert Gore Sr.. After him are Fabian von Schlabrendorff, John G. Trump, Jan Patočka, Marcel Bezençon, Mehdi Bazargan, and Jean Hyppolite. Among people deceased in 1982, Pierre Mendès France ranks 71. Before him are Elis Regina, Patrick Dewaere, Giovanni Ferrari, Percy Williams, Eduardo Frei Montalva, and Bess Truman. After him are Werner Naumann, Pierre Balmain, Vinoba Bhave, Leonid Kogan, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, and Anna German.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Mendès France ranks 1,601 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337), Laurent Fabius (1946), Michel Serrault (1928), Odo de St Amand (1110), Vanessa Paradis (1972), and Alain Giresse (1952). After him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754), Jacques Becker (1906), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Bernard Lyot (1897), and Louis Durey (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Pierre Mendès France ranks 389. Before him are Victorinus (300), Guillaume de Beaujeu (1300), Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605), Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337), Laurent Fabius (1946), and Odo de St Amand (1110). After him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), Étienne Marcel (1315), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), and Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291).

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