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René Viviani
Viviani in 1914
81st Prime Minister of France
In office
13 June 1914 – 29 October 1915
Preceded byAlexandre Ribot
Succeeded byAristide Briand
Personal details
Born8 November 1863
Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria
Died7 September 1925(1925-09-07) (aged 61)
Le Plessis-Robinson
Political partyPRS

Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani (French pronunciation: [ʁəne vivjaˈni]; 8 November 1863 – 7 September 1925) was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as Prime Minister for the first year of World War I. He was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, in French Algeria. In France he sought to protect the rights of socialists and trade union workers.

Biography

René Viviani was born in Algeria in a family of Italian immigrants. His parliamentary career began in 1893, when he was elected deputy of the fifth ward in Paris. He retained this office until 1902, when he failed to be reelected, but four years later he was elected deputy of the Department of Creuse. In the same year he entered the cabinet of Georges Clemenceau. At an early age he associated himself with the Socialist party, soon becoming one of its most brilliant orators and prominent leaders. When the party was reorganized in 1904 into the Unified Socialist party, Viviani, like fellow Socialist Aristide Briand, stayed outside, and thenceforth called himself an Independent Socialist. He served as Minister of Public Instruction in the ministry of M. Doumergue. In the spring of 1914 an exceptionally radical chamber was elected, and for a while it seemed that they would be unable to agree upon any one for Premier, but finally, he was appointed Prime Minister on 13 June 1914, by President Poincaré. He received a vote of confidence of 370 to 137. The chief issues were the maintenance of the law requiring three years' service in the army and provision for a loan of 1,800,000,000 francs ($360,000,000) for military preparations. Viviani supported both of these measures. During the July Crisis, he was largely dominated by the President, Raymond Poincaré. Shortly, the war with Germany commenced, and in August, 1914, Viviani reorganized his cabinet on a war basis. His tenure leading France during the war was undistinguished. He retained the premiership for over a year, but resigned on 27 October 1915, being succeeded by Aristide Briand.

Viviani's First Government, 13 June – 26 August 1914

Changes

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Viviani's Second Ministry, 26 August 1914 – 29 October 1915

Changes

  • 13 October 1915 – Viviani succeeds Delcassé as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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References

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Labour and Social Security
1906–1910 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
1913–1914 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of France
1914–1915 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1914 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1915 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1915–1917 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
1916–1917 		Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Cover of Time Magazine
19 May 1923 		Succeeded by

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