Georges Clemenceau

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Georges Clemenceau was a French statesman and Prime Minister during World War I, known for his hardline stance against Germany and dominant role in shaping the postwar peace settlement.

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instanceOf French politician
Prime Minister of France
human
journalist
physician
statesman
authored political essays
birthDate 1841-09-28
birthPlace Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Vendée, France
burialPlace Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Vendée, France
coSigned Treaty of Versailles
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1929-11-24
deathPlace Paris, France
education studied medicine in Nantes
studied medicine in Paris
familyName Clemenceau
givenName Georges
ideology French radicalism
anticlericalism
knownFor dominant role in shaping the Treaty of Versailles
hardline stance against Germany
leadership of France during World War I
memberOf French Chamber of Deputies
French Senate
name Georges Clemenceau
nativeLanguage French
nickname Le Tigre
Père la Victoire
occupation journalist
physician
politician
office Prime Minister of France (World War I)
Prime Minister of France (first term)
participantIn Paris Peace Conference of 1919
politicalAlignment radical republican
positionHeld Deputy of the French Third Republic
Minister of the Interior of France
President of the Council of Ministers of France
Prime Minister of France
Senator of the French Third Republic
represented France at the Paris Peace Conference
role wartime leader of France
roleIn World War I
supported Dreyfusard cause in the Dreyfus Affair
termEnd 1909-07-24
1920-01-20
termStart 1906-03-25
1917-11-16
wroteFor L’Aurore


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