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Georges Clemenceau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Portrait by Nadar, 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister of France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Raymond Poincaré | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Painlevé | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Millerand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 October 1906 – 24 July 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Armand Fallières | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Sarrien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Aristide Briand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of War | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Painlevé | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | André Joseph Lefèvre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of the Interior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 14 March 1906 – 24 July 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Fernand Dubief | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Aristide Briand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| President of the Council of Paris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 November 1875 – 24 April 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Pierre Marmottan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Barthélemy Forest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Georges Benjamin Clémenceau 28 September 1841 Mouilleron-en-Pareds, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 November 1929 (aged 88) Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Mouchamps, Vendée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spouse |
Mary Eliza Plummer
(m. 1869; div. 1891) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Michel Clemenceau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Nantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Physician, journalist, statesman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (/ˈklɛmənsoʊ/,[1] also US: /ˌklɛmənˈsoʊ, ˌkleɪmɒ̃ˈsoʊ/,[2][3] French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ klemɑ̃so];[a] 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as 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. Clemenceau stood for reparations, a transfer of colonies, strict rules to prevent a rearming process, as well as the restitution of Alsace–Lorraine, which had been annexed to Germany in 1871. He achieved these goals through the Treaty of Versailles signed at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920). Nicknamed Père la Victoire ("Father Victory") or Le Tigre ("The Tiger"), he continued his harsh position against Germany in the 1920s, although not quite so much as President Raymond Poincaré or former Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch, who thought the treaty was too lenient on Germany, prophetically stating: "This is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years." Clemenceau obtained mutual defence treaties with the United Kingdom and the United States, to unite against possible future German aggression, but these never took effect due to the US Senate's failure to ratify the treaty, which thus also nullified British obligation.
- ^ "Clemenceau, Georges". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Clemenceau". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Clemenceau". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ P. Fouché (1956). Traité de prononciation française (in French). Paris. p. 65.
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