French statesman and lawyer, President of France (1860-1934)
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Poincaré steered France through the First World War from the presidency, then returned as prime minister to send troops into the Ruhr when Germany stalled on reparations — earning him the nickname Poincaré-la-Guerre in Britain and America, where they saw him as the man who'd helped light the fuse in 1914 and now wanted Germany crushed.
Trained as a lawyer, Poincaré entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1887 and climbed through cabinet posts until co-founding the Democratic Republican Alliance in 1902, the dominant centre-right party of the Third Republic. He became prime minister in 1912 and president the following year, a role he used more actively than custom allowed: he traveled to Russia twice to shore up the alliance frayed by the Bosnian and Agadir crises, and played a significant part in the July Crisis that pulled France into war. After 1917 his rival Clemenceau held the premiership and Poincaré's sway dimmed, though at…
Sourced, dated quotes from Raymond Poincaré
If I do not yet see the light of day it is because the scaffolding of London still blocks my view of the rising sun.
Germany's population was increasing, her industries were intact, she had no factories to reconstruct, she had no flooded mines.
The annual payment [of German reparations] will very likely spread over some thirty years at least.
And, further, shall we be sure of finding the left bank free from German troops?
I had spoken of the [illegible] of things and added that at last we could release the cry, until now smothered in our breasts: Vive l'Alsace Lorraine.
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