Georges Clemenceau
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (September 28, 1841 – November 24, 1929) was a French statesman, physician, and journalist. He also helped Émile Zola defending Alfred Dreyfus against Dreyfus Affair.
George Clemenceau | |
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72nd Prime Minister of France | |
In office 25 October 1906 – 24 July 1909 | |
President | Armand Fallières |
Preceded by | Ferdinand Sarrien |
Succeeded by | Aristide Briand |
85th Prime Minister of France | |
In office 16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920 | |
President | Raymond Poincaré |
Preceded by | Paul Painlevé |
Succeeded by | Alexandre Millerand |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 September 1841 |
Died | 24 November 1929 | (aged 88)
Political party | Radical |
Profession | Physician, newspaper publisher |
Georges Clemenceau Media
Mary Clémenceau in period costume. Portrait by Ferdinand Roybet
An 1887 painting of a French child being taught about the "lost" province of Alsace-Lorraine in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War dramatizes the main goal of Clemenceau and the French in general, to regain those provinces
Clemenceau giving a speech in the Parisian Fernando Circus, painting by Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1883
Portrait of Georges Clemenceau, painting by Édouard Manet, c. 1879–80
Duel between Clemenceau and Paul Déroulède
Clemenceau by Cecilia Beaux (1920)