 |
Armand-Clément Fallières
b. 6 Nov 1841, Mézin, Lot-et-Garonne [1]
d. 22 Jun 1931, Loupillon, Lot-et-Garonne |
| Title: |
Président de la République française (President of the French Republic) |
| Term: |
18 Feb 1906 - 18 Feb 1913 |
| Chronology: |
17 Jan 1906,
elected, session of the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly), salle des séances de la Chambre des députés, Palais de Versailles, Versailles [2] |
|
18 Feb 1906,
assumed the functions of office, public ceremony, salon des Ambassadeurs, Palais de l'Elysée, Paris [3] |
|
18 Feb 1913,
expiration of term |
| Biography: |
| Studied law in Paris and Toulouse; had law practice in Nérac; municipal counselor and mayor of Nérac (from 4 Sep 1870); elected to Chambre des députés (Chamber of Deputies) (1876-1890); under-secretary of the interior and cults (17 May 1880 - 14 Nov 1881); minister of the interior (7 Aug 1882 - 13 Sep 1882, 30 May 1887 - 12 Dec 1887); minister of the interior and cults (13 Sep 1882 - 21 Feb 1883); president of the Council of Ministers (29 Jan 1883 - 21 Feb 1883); acting foreign minister (29 Jan 1883 - 21 Feb 1883); minister of public education and arts (20 Nov 1883 - 6 Apr 1885, 22 Feb 1889 - 17 Mar 1890); acting justice minister (6 Jul 1887 - 30 Jul 1887; 30 Nov 1887 - 12 Dec 1887); justice minister (12 Dec 1887 - 3 Apr 1888); minister of justice and cults (17 Mar 1890 - 27 Feb 1892); elected to the Sénat (8 Jan 1890 - 13 Feb 1906) from Lot-et-Garonne and became its president (3 Mar 1899 - 13 Feb 1906); elected President of the Republic (17 Jan 1906) as a candidate of the left; endorsed invasion of Morocco (1907), followed by French-German controversy over protectorate; signed a law on freedom of cults (1907); French-Japanese agreement (1907) guaranteed independence for China; agreement with Germany over Morocco reached in 1909. |
| Biographical sources: Dansette (1953) |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
Vote (17 Jan 1906) |
| votes cast |
849 |
| blank/invalid |
1 |
| valid votes |
848 |
| absolute majority |
425 |
| Clément-Armand Fallières |
449 |
| Paul Doumer |
371 |
| scattered |
28 |
|
| Source of electoral results: Débats parlementaires, Assemblée nationale (supplement to JORF, No. 17, 18 Jan 1906), pp. 1-4. |
| |
| [1] |
Original birth record is preserved in the Archives of the Lot-et-Garonne département, 4 E 171/16, record No. 40 (1841) = image 240/270. |
| [2] |
Débats parlementaires, Assemblée nationale (supplement to JORF, No. 17, 18 Jan 1906), pp. 1-4. |
| [3] |
JORF, No. 49, 19 Feb 1906, pp. 1133-1134; Le Temps, No. 16314, 19 Feb 1906, p. 1. |
