Alexandre Millerand
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Alexandre Millerand GCLH |
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| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 5 April 1925 – 10 July 1940 |
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| Constituency |
Seine (1925–1927) Orne (1927–1940) |
| President of the French Republic | |
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In office 23 September 1920 – 11 June 1924 Acting: 21 September 1920 - 23 September 1920 |
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| Prime Minister |
Georges Leygues, Aristide Briand, Raymond Poincaré, Frédéric François-Marsal |
| Preceded by | Paul Deschanel |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Doumergue |
| Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 20 January 1920 – 24 September 1920 |
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| President |
Raymond Poincaré, Paul Deschanel |
| Preceded by | Georges Clemenceau |
| Succeeded by | Georges Leygues |
| Minister of War | |
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In office 26 August 1914 – 29 October 1915 |
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| Prime Minister | René Viviani |
| Preceded by | Adolphe Messimy |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Gallieni |
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In office 14 January 1912 – 12 January 1913 |
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| Prime Minister | Raymond Poincaré |
| Preceded by | Adolphe Messimy |
| Succeeded by | Albert Lebrun |
| Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts and Telegraphs | |
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In office – Georges Trouillot |
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| Prime Minister | Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 4 October 1885 – 23 September 1920 |
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| Constituency | Seine |
| Personal details | |
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February 10, 1859 Paris, France |
| Died | April 7, 1943 (aged 84) Versailles, Occupied France |
| Political party |
Independent Socialists (1885–1911) Republican-Socialist Party (1911–1920) Independent (1920–1940) |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Millerand (m. 1898; his d. 1943) |
| Children | Jean (1899–1972) Alice (1902–80) Jacques (1904–79) Marthe (1909–75) |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Profession | Lawyer, journalist |
| Religion | None (Agnosticism) |
Alexandre Millerand (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ milʁɑ̃]; 10 February 1859 – 7 April 1943) was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France 20 January to 23 September 1920 and President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924. His participation in Waldeck-Rousseau's cabinet at the start of the 20th century, alongside the Marquis de Galliffet who had directed the repression of the 1871 Paris Commune, sparked a debate in the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and in the Second International about the participation of socialists in "bourgeois governments".
Born in Paris, he was educated for the bar, and was elected Secrétaire of the Conférence du barreau de Paris made his reputation by his defence, in company with Georges Laguerre, of Ernest Roche and Duc-Quercy, the instigators of the strike at Decazeville in 1883; he then took Laguerre's place on Georges Clemenceau's paper, La Justice. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Seine département in 1885 as a Radical Socialist. He was associated with Clemenceau and Camille Pelletan as an arbitrator in the Carmaux strike (1892). He had long had the ear of the Chamber in matters of social legislation, and after the Panama scandals had discredited so many politicians his influence grew.
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