Georges Clemenceau

✶September 28, 1841

†November 24, 1929

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Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who was 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.

Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)

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