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Apr 2, 2024 · Georges Pompidou was a French statesman, bank director, and teacher who was premier of the Fifth French Republic from 1962 to 1968 and president from 1969 until his death. The son of a schoolteacher, Pompidou graduated from the École Normale Supérieure and then taught school in Marseilles and.
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( / ˈpɒmpɪduː / POMP-id-oo, French: [ʒɔʁʒ (ə) pɔ̃pidu] ⓘ; 5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 to his death in 1974. He was earlier the longest-ever Prime Minister of France, under President Charles de Gaulle, from 1962 to 1968.
He worked as a teacher at Lycée Saint Charles in Marseille. 1938-1940. He worked as a teacher of preparatory classes for the grandes écoles at the Lycée Henri IV in Paris. 1940-1944. He was an intelligence officer in the 141st Alpine Infantry Regiment. He also worked on a critical edition of Britannicus. September 1944.
After his two years preparatory school (khâgne) at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he befriended Senegalese poet and statesman Léopold Sedar Senghor, he went on to graduate from the École Normale Supérieure with a degree in literature. He then taught literature at a French high school (lycée).
Like many children of teachers, Pompidou aspired to an academic career. In 1931 he entered the prestigious Ecole normale supérieure, and by 1934 he had also passed the aggrégation exam (that qualifies one to teach in universities) and received a diploma from the Ecole libre des sciences politique.
Fils d'enseignants, petit-fils de paysans, Georges Pompidou naquit le 5 juillet 1911 à Montboudif, village du Cantal. Il fit ses études primaires et secondaires à Albi. Après le baccalauréat, il prépara son entrée à l'École normale supérieure, à Toulouse puis au lycée Louis-le-Grand à Paris.
