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Georges Clemenceau
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Georges Clemenceau was a French statesman who served twice as prime minister of France, from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 to 1920. Originally a physician and later a prominent radical journalist and politician of the Third Republic, he led France through the final, decisive years of the First World War and played a central role at the Paris Peace Conference, where he negotiated the Treaty of Versailles and pressed for strict reparations and security guarantees against Germany. Known by the nicknames Pere la Victoire (Father Victory) and The Tiger, he also championed the restitution of Alsace-Lorraine to France.
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He led France through World War I and was central to the Allied victory, and played a key role at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference in the writing of the Treaty of Versailles.
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28 September 1841
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24 November 1929
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He achieved these goals through the Treaty of Versailles signed at the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920).
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Clemenceau also pushed for substantial reparations, though not as high as those proposed by the British, while on security grounds, France argued for an even more severe settlement than Britain.
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