- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorge Benjamin Eugene Clemenceau
- Nicknames
- Le Tigre
- Le Père la Victoire
- Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (28 September 1841 - 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A key figure of the Independent Radicals, he was a strong advocate of separation of church and state, amnesty of the Communards exiled to New Caledonia, as well as opposition to colonization. Clemenceau, a physician turned journalist, played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, most notably successfully leading France through the end of the First World War.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- SpouseMary Elizabeth Plummer(June 23, 1869 - 1891) (divorced, 3 children)
- RelativesÉric Clémenceauu(Great Grandchild)
- One of his grandsons married Terka Bernhardt, granddaughter of actress Sarah Bernhardt.
- French Prime Minister (25 October 1906 to 24 July 1909 and 16 November 1917 to 20 January 1920).
- French politician (Independent Radicals).
- French Minister of the Interior (14 March 1906 to 24 July 1909).
- French Minister of War (16 November 1917 to 20 January 1920).
- [Asked after WWI if he'd ever been to Germany] "No, but the Germans have been to France twice in my lifetime."
- I wish to be buried upright - facing Germany.
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