George+Clemenceau

George Clemenceau By: Robert

__George Clemenceau

__ · George Clemenceau was born in Vendee, France on September 28, 1841. · His father Benjamin Clemenceau was a supporter on the 1848 Revolution and he grew up with strong republican views. · With a group of students, he began publishing the Le Travail which was a newspaper. · The police did not like it because it was against their views and Clemenceau spent 73 days in jail. · When he was released, he started writing another journal. · He got into trouble with that one for the same reason. · After that he went to live in New York. · The Americans  were impressed by him and let him stay in the United States. · He found a job as a teacher in Stamford, Connecticut and married one of his former students. · He returned to France in 1869 and became a doctor. · When Germany defeated France in 1870 he moved to Paris got involved in radical politics. ·  In February 1871, he was elected Radical Republican Deputy in the National Assembly. ·  He voted against peace terms demanded by Germany and became involved in the insurrection known as the Paris Commune. ·  After he was re-elected to the National Assembly, he remained as the leader of the radical Republicans. ·  He was given the nickname “The Tiger” because he was a very aggressive person. ·  He became the senator at the age of 61. ·  Seven months later, Clemenceau became France’s prime minister. ·  His period in office (1907-10) was marked by his hostility socialists and trade unionists. ·  On the outbreak of the “First World War” Clemenceau refused office as justice minister under the French prime minister. ·  Clemenceau accused the interior minister Louis Malvy of being a pacifist when it became known that he favored a negotiated peace. ·  During the war he took part in writing for many different newspapers. ·  He knew how to be a doctor so he sometimes helped heal the soldiers’ injuries. ·  Clemenceau, who also became minister of war in the government, and played an important role in persuading the British to accept the appointment of Ferdinand Foch, He failed with all of his demands and later died in Paris on November 24, 1929. sites [] [] http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/georges_clemenceau.htm