Paul Doumer

Paul Doumer
President of the French Republic President of the Third Republic
In office 13 June 1931 – 7 May 1932
Prime Minister	Pierre Laval André Tardieu
Preceded by	Gaston Doumergue
Succeeded by	Albert Lebrun
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 10 January 1905 – 8 June 1906
Preceded by	Henri Brisson
Succeeded by	Léon Bourgeois
Governor-General of French Indochina
In office 13 February 1897 – October 1902
Preceded by	Augustin Juline Fourès
Succeeded by	Jean Baptiste Paul Beau
Personal details
Born	22 March 1857 Aurillac, France
Died	7 May 1932(1932-05-07) (aged 75) Paris, France
Political party	Radical
Spouse(s)	Blanche Doumer

Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (French pronunciation: [pɔl dume]; 22 March 1857 – 7 May 1932) was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.

Biography

He was born in Aurillac, in the Cantal département, in France on 22 March 1857. Alumnus of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.^[1] Professor of mathematics.

He was Governor-General of French Indochina from 1897 to 1902. After returning from French Indochina, Doumer served as President of the Chamber of Deputies (a post equivalent to the speaker of parliament) from 1902 to 1905.

The Long Bien Bridge was built during his term as Governor-General and was named for him. It became a well-known landmark and target for US pilots during the Vietnam War.

He became Minister of Finance of France in 1925 when Louis Loucheur resigned.^[2]

He was elected President of the French Republic on 13 May 1931, defeating the better known Aristide Briand, and replacing Gaston Doumergue.^[3]

On 6 May 1932, he was shot in Paris at the opening of a book fair by Paul Gorguloff, a mentally unstable Russian émigré. He died at 04:37 a.m. on 7 May.

See also

• List of Finance Ministers of France
• Politics of France

References

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