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Gaston Doumergue

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gaston Doumergue , 1863-1937, president of the French republic (1924-31). He entered national politics in 1893 as a Radical Socialist deputy and served in various cabinets before and during World War I. After serving as president he retired, but when the cabinet of Édouard Daladier fell in Feb., 1934, as a result of the Stavisky Affair , Doumergue was called on to be the "strong man" of France and to restore order. Premier of a coalition cabinet, he asked for extraordinary powers to meet the financial and political crises. These demands caused the fall of his cabinet, which ... Read more
Doumergue, Gaston
Doumergue, Gaston (b. 1 Aug. 1863, d. 18 June 1937). French President 1924–31 A Radical member of the Chamber of Deputies 1893–1910... Read more
Paul Doumer
...Indochina (1897-1902) and a senator after 1912, and served in several cabinets after World War I. After following Gaston Doumergue as president, he was assassinated by an insane Russian émigré. Albert Lebrun succeeded him. Read more

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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1927: Bouillabaisse and Protocol
; 00-00-0000 PARIS: Gaston Doumergue, president of France, is so hemmed in with social rules and regulations that he cannot always even eat what he likes. He comes... Read more
RICHARD ROUD, 59 FILM CRITIC; STARTED N.Y. FESTIVAL
; ...to prominence, died Monday in this southern French city after a heart attack. He was 59. Mr. Roud was admitted to Gaston Doumergue Hospital on Jan. 15 and remained in a coma until his death, a hospital spokesman said. He published four books on... Read more
IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1931: President Of France
; ...the presidency of the French Republic passed from Gaston Doumergue to Paul Doumer. And the children of France had a holiday...national shrine, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For M. Doumergue, it was a release from seven years' tenure of his... Read more
PROJECTING A GREATER FRANCE.
; ...talking about the event for weeks, and as President Gaston Doumergue was driven from his residence to the main gate of...was accompanied by a one-hundred gun salute and when Doumergue disembarked his entourage were visibly moved by this... Read more
Sarkozy backers not so wedded; Want results, not romance.(WORLD)
; ...in office after his second wife, Cecilia, left him. Mr. Sarkozy is the second French president to marry in office: Gaston Doumergue tied the knot at the Elysee Palace in 1931. The romance with Mrs. Bruni - whom he reportedly met at a party just... Read more
Mme Sarkozy, la troisieme
; ...Napoleon. Yesterday he became the first French head of state to marry while in office since the obscure President Gaston Doumergue in 1931 (who was also married in the palace). President Sarkozy and his new wife met in late November. They were... Read more

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