Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (/ ˈ k l ɛ m ə n s oʊ /, [1] also US: / ˌ k l ɛ m ə n ˈ s oʊ, ˌ k l eɪ m ɒ̃ ˈ s oʊ /; [2] [3] French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ klemɑ̃so]; [a] 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.

Georges Clemenceau was a statesman and journalist who was a dominant figure in the French Third Republic and, as premier (1917–20), a major contributor to the Allied victory in World War I and a framer of the postwar Treaty of Versailles.

Nov 17, 2021 · After earning himself a reputation as something of a strongman in French politics, Clemenceau became Prime Minister following the resignation of Sarrien in October 1906. A bastion of law and order, with little time for rights for women or the working classes, Clemenceau earned the nickname Le Tigre in the role.

May 11, 2018 · The French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) was twice premier of France, in 1906-1909 and 1917-1919. He led France through the critical days of World War I and headed the French delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.

Georges Clemenceau - WWI Leader, French PM, Reformer: Back in the Senate (1911), Clemenceau became a member of its commissions for foreign affairs and the army. He was convinced that Germany intended war, and, haunted by the fear that France might again be caught unprepared, he enquired diligently into the state of France’s armaments.

Nov 16, 2009 · Clemenceau, who served as prime minister from 1906 to 1909, remained vehemently anti-German, arguing for greater military preparedness and tighter alliances with Britain and Russia.

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman and Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. This biography profiles his childhood, life, political career, achievements and timeline.

Clemenceau's political career began in 1870 after the fall of the empire, when he was named mayor of the Parisian district of Montmartre—a title he continued to hold when the revolutionary Commune movement broke out there.

Member, Constitutional Council of France, 1974–83. President, Senate of France, 1958–68. Author of Clemenceau and others.

A radical Republican and a committed polemicist who knew how to handle a pen and master a speech, Georges Clemenceau was a fervent defender of justice and freedoms as much as he was an enemy of disorder and violence.