Georges Clemenceau

Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) was a French politician and journalist who led France as prime minister during much of World War I and represented it at the Paris Peace Conference.

Raymond Poincaré: French statesman who served as president from 1913 to 1920, including during World War I. As president, he appointed Clemenceau prime minister in November 1917.
Treaty of Versailles: The 1919 peace treaty that formally ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers. Clemenceau was a principal negotiator and pressed for provisions to protect France.
Third French Republic: The republican government established in France after the collapse of the Second Empire in 1870. Its contested early years formed the setting for Clemenceau’s rise in national politics.
Philippe Pétain: French general who became head of the Vichy regime during World War II. Pétain’s accommodation with Germany contrasts with Clemenceau’s leadership of resistance during World War I.
David Lloyd George: British prime minister from 1916 to 1922 and a leading Allied negotiator at the Paris Peace Conference. His bargaining with Clemenceau shaped the peace terms imposed on Germany.
Paris Peace Conference: The 1919 conference where the victorious Allied powers negotiated postwar settlements after World War I. Clemenceau chaired the conference and negotiated France’s claims with other Allied leaders.
Paris Commune: A radical municipal government that ruled Paris from March to May 1871 before being suppressed by French government forces. Clemenceau served as mayor of Montmartre during the upheaval and opposed the Commune’s suppression.
Jean Jaurès: French socialist politician and pacifist assassinated shortly before France entered World War I. Jaurès opposed the war that Clemenceau later directed as prime minister.
Woodrow Wilson: United States president from 1913 to 1921 who promoted a peace program centered on national self-determination and collective security. Wilson’s peace aims often conflicted with Clemenceau’s priority of French security.
French Third Republic: The French republican regime established in 1870 and ended in 1940. Clemenceau’s political career unfolded within this republic’s parliamentary system.

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