In 1929 Poincaré resigned for health reasons. The Franc Poincaré, introduced in 1928, was named after Raymond Poincaré. In addition: A German left-wing government could expect ten times more from me than a right-wing government. 1928 on a possible new occupation of the Ruhr: Never! Once evacuated, today a new line-up would mean putting the fuse on the powder keg. In an interview with Vorwärts he said, for example: B. In the course of time Poincaré's policy of tough hands towards Germany softened significantly. He owed his return in 1926 to a financial crisis that followed shortly after he lost power. In addition, France's relentless Germany policy opposed the other victorious powers. The burdens on the state treasury associated with the occupation led to his defeat in the 1924 elections. Poincaré is considered to be the driving force behind the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr area from 1923 to 1924. He initially pursued a strictly anti-German policy (see war guilt question ). Jto Novem(at the same time he was Minister of Finance)Īfter the end of his tenure as President Poincaré temporarily headed the Allied Reparations Commission formed as a result of the Versailles Treaty.Januto J(at the same time he was Foreign Minister).Januto Janu(at the same time he was Foreign Minister ).Raymond Poincaré was Prime Minister of the country for the following periods: In 1919 Poincaré was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. By the end of the war, Clemenceau had ousted Poincaré as the most important decision maker in French politics. His sharpest political opponent was Georges Clemenceau, whom Poincaré nevertheless appointed Prime Minister in 1917 in order to secure political unity and thus France's ability to go to war. Īfter the beginning of the First World War, he spoke out in favor of continuing the war until victory and called for the Union sacrée, the counterpart to the German truce. One week after Poincare's departure, Tsar Nicholas II declared the general mobilization of Russia, which resulted in Germany's declaration of war. This strengthened its backs on Russia, which has since seen no reason to back off its support for Serbia, which is threatened by Austria-Hungary. The Church's marriage to his wife Henriette on ( registry office had married the two in 1904) attracted despite confidentiality stir among anticlerical Republicans, who after the separation of church and state expected that high officials of the Republic on the blessing of Church renounced.ĭuring the July crisis in 1914, President Poincaré traveled to Saint Petersburg with Prime Minister René Viviani and gave his Russian hosts a "solemn confirmation of the commitments for both countries resulting from the alliance ". On January 27, 1913, based on a center-right alliance, he was elected President (in office until 1920). From Januto Januhe was Prime Minister, strengthened the Triple Entente and generally pursued an armament policy. From 1909 he was a member of the Académie française, and from 1911 he focused on a markedly national stance. In 1903, when he was elected to the Senate for the Meuse department, Poincaré became politically active again and in 1906 again became finance minister, this time in the cabinet of Ferdinand Sarrien.
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He did not approach the left one, however.
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In the Dreyfus Affair (1894–1906) Poincaré initially acted neutrally, only to take the side of Dreyfus supporters after a long period of hesitation. In this function, he represented the state in the dispute with the Catholic Church over the French school system and secularism in general, before he left politics in 1895 to only work as a lawyer. From May 1894 to January 1895 he was Minister of Finance and then again Minister of Education in the Alexandre Ribot cabinet.
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From April to November of the same year he was Minister for Education, Art and Religion in the Charles Dupuy cabinet. In 1893 Poincaré became the spokesman for the budget committee.
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He particularly distinguished himself through his efforts to mediate between the political camps. Īfter his military service from 1879 to 1880, he studied at the Sorbonne, in 1881 a member of the Paris Bar Association and in 1882 a doctorate in law.Īfter becoming head of cabinet for Agriculture Minister Jules Develle in 1886, Poincaré was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Meuse département in 1887 and made a name for himself as an economic expert in budget consultations from 1890 to 1892. In 1870, when Poincaré was ten years old, his hometown Bar-le-Duc was overrun by German troops during the Franco-Prussian War, which may have influenced his later negative attitude towards the German Empire.