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Raymond-Nicolas-Landry Poincaré
b. 20 Aug 1860, Bar-le-Duc, Meuse [1]
d. 15 Oct 1934, Paris |
| Title: |
Président de la République française (President of the French Republic) |
| Term: |
18 Feb 1913 - 18 Feb 1920 |
| Chronology: |
17 Jan 1913,
elected, session of the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly), salle des séances de la Chambre des députés, Palais de Versailles, Versailles [2] |
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18 Feb 1913,
assumed the functions of office, public ceremony, salon des Ambassadeurs, Palais de l'Elysée, Paris [3] |
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18 Feb 1920,
expiration of term |
| Biography: |
| Son of an engineer; educated at the École Polytechnique; admitted to the bar (1882) after studying law at the University of Paris; general counselor for Pierrefitte-sur-Aire (from 1886); elected to Chambre des députés (Chamber of Deputies) (1887-1903); minister of public education, arts and cults (4 Apr 1893 - 3 Dec 1893, 26 Jan 1895 - 1 Nov 1895); minister of finances (30 May 1894 - 26 Jan 1895, 14 Mar 1906 - 25 Oct 1906); elected to Sénat (1903-1912, 1920-1934); elected to Académie française (1909); President of the Council of Ministers and minister for foreign affairs (14 Jan 1912 - 21 Jan 1913); elected President of the Republic (17 Jan 1913); worked for preserving national unity during World War I (1914-1918); insisted on complete payments of reparations by Germany; president of the Reparation Committee (1920); President of the Council of Ministers and minister for foreign affairs (15 Jan 1922 - 9 Jun 1924); authorized occupation of Ruhr by the French army to secure reparations from Germany (1923); President of the Council of Ministers (23 Jul 1926 - 29 Jul 1929) and minister of finances (23 Jul 1926 - 11 Nov 1928); succeeded in stabilizing national currency. |
| Biographical sources: Dansette (1953) |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
1st vote (17 Jan 1913) |
2nd vote (17 Jan 1913) |
| votes cast |
872 |
870 |
| blank/invalid |
5 |
11 |
| valid votes |
867 |
859 |
| absolute majority |
434 |
430 |
| Raymond-Nicolas-Landry Poincaré |
429 |
483 |
| Jules Pams |
327 |
296 |
| Marie-Édouard Vaillant |
63 |
69 |
| Paul-Eugène-Louis Deschanel |
18 |
- |
| Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot |
16 |
- |
| scattered |
14 |
11 |
|
| Source of electoral results: Débats parlementaires, Assemblée nationale (supplement to JORF, No. 17, 18 Jan 1913), pp. 1-6. |
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| [1] |
Original birth record is preserved in the Archives of the Meuse département, 2 E 29 (81), record No. 244. |
| [2] |
Débats parlementaires, Assemblée nationale (supplement to JORF, No. 17, 18 Jan 1913), pp. 1-6. |
| [3] |
JORF, No. 49, 19 Feb 1913, pp. 1661-1662; Le Temps, No. 18857, 19 Feb 1913, p. 6. |
