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Paul Doumer , 1857-1932, president of the French republic (1931-32). He entered the chamber of deputies in 1888, was governor-general of 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.

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Doumer, Paul (b. 22 Mar. 1857, d. 7 May 1932). President of France 1931–2 He became a Radical member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1888, Secretary of Finance in 1895, and from 1896 to 1902 he served as Governor-General of Indochina, where he modernized the colonial administration. He became a nationalist symbol after he lost three sons in World War I. He was Secretary of Finance again in 1921–2 and 1925–6. He was murdered by a Russian émigré, Gorgoulov.

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