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Jean Casimir-PĂ©rier

president of France
Also known as: Jean-Paul-Pierre Casimir-PĂ©rier
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Jean Casimir-PĂ©rier (born Nov. 8, 1847, Paris, France—died March 11, 1907, Paris) was a French politician and wealthy businessman who served brief and undistinguished terms as a premier and as the fifth president of the Third Republic. The son of a former minister of the interior, he served as a captain during the Franco-German War (1870–71). In 1876 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a Left Republican from Aube dĂ©partement, serving as...

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