Gaston Doumergue
| Gaston Doumergue | |
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Doumergue in 1924, as the Grand Master of the Legion of Honour
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| 13th President of France | |
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In office 13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Alexandre Millerand |
| Succeeded by | Paul Doumer |
| Co-Prince of Andorra | |
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In office 13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931 Served with Justí Guitart i Vilardebó |
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| Preceded by | Alexandre Millerand |
| Succeeded by | Paul Doumer |
| 60th Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934 |
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| President | Albert François Lebrun |
| Preceded by | Édouard Daladier |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Étienne Flandin |
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In office 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914 |
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| President | Raymond Poincaré |
| Preceded by | Louis Barthou |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Ribot |
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Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue 1 August 1863 Aigues-Vives, France |
| Died | 18 June 1937 (aged 73) Aigues-Vives, France |
| Political party | Radical Party |
| Religion | Protestantism |
Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ dumɛʁɡ]; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard – 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician of the Third Republic.
Doumergue came from a Protestant family and was a freemason. Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as Prime Minister from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914. He held the portfolio for the colonies through the ministries of Viviani and Briand until the Ribot ministry of March, 1917, when he was sent to Russia to persuade the Kerensky government not to make a separate peace with Germany and Austria. He was elected the thirteenth President of France on 13 June 1924, the only Protestant to hold that office. He served until 13 June 1931, and again was Prime Minister in a conservative national unity government, following the riots of 6 February 1934. This government lasted from 6 February to 8 November 1934.
He was widely regarded as one of the most popular French Presidents, particularly after highly controversial Alexandre Millerand, who was his predecessor. Doumergue was single when elected, and became the first President of France to marry in office.
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