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    Raymond Poincaré

    French statesman and lawyer

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  2. Signature. Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré ( French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ pwɛ̃kaʁe]; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France . Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in 1887 and served in the cabinets of Dupuy and Ribot.

  3. Apr 2, 2024 · The son of an engineer, he was educated at the École Polytechnique. After studying law at the University of Paris, he was admitted to the bar in 1882. Elected a deputy in 1887, he became six years later the youngest minister in the history of the Third Republic, holding the portfolio of education.

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  4. Nov 9, 2009 · Raymond Poincaré was born in Bar-le-Duc, France, on August 20, 1860. He studied law at the University of Pairs, was admitted to the bar in 1882 and went on to practice law in Paris. In 1887,...

  5. May 29, 2018 · Education and Early Career. Poincaré was born at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine on Aug. 20, 1860. The son of a meteorologist and civil servant, he was educated at the lycées of Bar-le-Duc and Louis le Grand in Paris, and he studied law at the Sorbonne.

  6. Raymond, Nicolas, Landry Poincaré, was born into an old family from the Lorraine on the 20th August 1860 in Bar-le-Duc. Following his secondary education in Bar-le-Duc and then in Paris, with a degree in law as well as in the arts, he was enrolled as a lawyer at the Paris bar in 1880.

  7. Born in Bar-le-duc in Lorraine, Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934) was a lawyer, deputy, and senator. He then became President of the Council before being elected President of the Republic in February 1913. Although the terms of the “Grévy constitution” had initially limited his powers, the war context enabled him to assert himself as the head of state.

  8. Poincaré was born on Aug. 20, 1860, in Bar-le-Duc, France, and was educated at the École Polytechnique and the University of Paris. He was elected to parliament in 1887 and held several cabinet posts before becoming premier in 1912. Following an anti-German policy, he cemented France’s friendship with Great Britain and Russia.