Armand Fallières

Clément Armand Fallières ( born November 6, 1841 in Mézin (Lot- et- Garonne), † June 21, 1931 ) was a French politician (ARD). From 1906 to 1913 he was President of the Third Republic.

After studying law in Paris married Fallières, who came from a family of artisans, 1868 Jeanne Bresson and settled as a lawyer in Nerac, where he was elected alderman in 1871 and mayor of Nerac. In 1876 he entered the National Assembly for the Republicans. As a parliamentarian, he represented a constituency of the southwestern department of Lot- et- Garonne. Between 1880 and 1883, he was a minister in several cabinets. Beginning of 1883 he was Prime Minister for three weeks and finally from 1890 to 1906 member of the Senate, he served as President from 1899. He heeled politically on the left edge of the Radical Party and was high-grade Mason.

On January 17, 1906 Fallières was elected by the two Houses of Parliament on the first ballot, with the support of the Left president. On it accounted for 449 votes to his opponent Paul Doumer ( 1931 and 1932 has President is assassinated was ) 371 votes.

As head of state he dissolved in 1906 Émile Loubet and tried before the war primarily to the consolidation of the Triple Entente with Britain and Russia. He faced strong leaders like Clemenceau, Briand and Poincaré, but could make a well-respected referee role his influence repeatedly asserted. 1913 succeeded him as head of state from Raymond Poincaré and Fallières withdrew from politics.