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Léon Bourgeois
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois was a French statesman. His ideas influenced the Radical Party regarding a wide range of issues.
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politics · French statesman (1851–1925) · politician · diplomat · judge · official · jurist · also Léon Bourgeois, Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois, Leon Bourgeois, Leon Victor Auguste Bourgeois, Bourgeois
Born 29 May 1851 · Died 29 September 1925 · Q217706
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2025· 2 entries
Le Parisien: Lycée Léon Bourgeois
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2008· 1 entry
Alternatives Économiques: Léon Bourgeois. Fonder la solidarité
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1925· 2 entries
Died 1925-09-29.
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Career landmark: funeral.
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1920· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1920).
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1905· 1 entry
Replaced the duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier as senator for the department of Marne, and in May 1906, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Sarrien cabinet
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1903· 1 entry
Was nominated a member of the permanent court of arbitration
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1902· 1 entry
And 1903, he was elected president of the Chamber
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1895· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Council (1895–1896).
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1892· 1 entry
And was Minister of Justice under Alexandre Ribot at the end of that year, when the Panama scandals were making the office one of peculiar difficulty
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1889· 1 entry
Being then returned to the chamber for Reims
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1887· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1887).
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Career landmark: Prefect of Police of Paris (1887–1888).
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1885· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prefect of Haute-Garonne (1885–1886).
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1883· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1883).
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Career landmark: General secretary of prefecture of Seine (1883–1885).
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1882· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prefect of Tarn (1882–1883).
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1880· 1 entry
Career landmark: Sub-prefect of Reims (1880–1882).
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1877· 1 entry
Career landmark: General secretary of prefecture of Marne (1877–1880).
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1851· 1 entry
Born 1851-05-29.
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