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Georges Clemenceau was president of the council of france (1906–1909, 1917–1920). Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who was prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia →

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