Preceded by Alexandre Millerand President Raymond Poincare Succeeded by Paul Doumer Preceded by Edouard Daladier Party Radical Party | President Albert Francois Lebrun Name Gaston Doumergue Preceded by Alexandre Millerand Preceded by Louis Barthou Resigned November 8, 1934 | |
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Role Former Prime Minister of the French Republic Died June 18, 1937, Aigues-Vives, France Previous office Prime Minister of France (1934–1934) Similar People Alexandre Millerand, Albert Francois Lebrun, Francois Fillon | ||
New French President (1924)
Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue ([ɡastɔ̃ dumɛʁɡ]; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard – 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician of the Third Republic.
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- New French President 1924
- Doumergues First Ministry 9 December 1913 9 June 1914
- Doumergues Second Ministry 9 February 8 November 1934
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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.
Doumergue's First Ministry, 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914
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Doumergue's Second Ministry, 9 February – 8 November 1934
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