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Léon Gambetta: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 2, 1838 • Cahors • France
Died December 31, 1882 (aged 44) • France
Title / Office prime minister (1881-1882), France
Founder Third Republic
Role In Franco-German War • Third Republic

Photos

Léon Gambetta
Gambetta escaping Paris in October 1870
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Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Paul Painlevé.
Paul Painlevé
French prime minister and mathematician
Patrice de Mac-Mahon
Patrice de Mac-Mahon
president of France
Millerand, Alexandre
Alexandre Millerand
president of France
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Edmond Leboeuf
French general
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Portrait of Georges Clemenceau wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the left with a serious expression.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Lazare Carnot, lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, after an engraving by C.A. Forestier
Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
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François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois
French statesman
Adolphe Thiers
Adolphe Thiers
French statesman and historian
Édouard Herriot
Édouard Herriot
French statesman
Léon Blum.
Léon Blum
premier of France
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, engraving by J.-A. Allais, 19th century.
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
French politician
Poincaré, Raymond
Raymond Poincaré
president of France
Pierre Laval.
Pierre Laval
French politician and statesman
Briand, 1913
Aristide Briand
prime minister of France
Caillaux
Joseph Caillaux
French statesman
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Georges Bidault
prime minister of France
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Michel Debré
French politician