georges- jean-raymond pompidou

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Georges -Jean-Raymond Pompidou

born July 5, 1911, Montboudif, France died April 2, 1974, Paris French premier (1962-68) and president (1969-74). He taught school before serving in World War II and was an aide to Charles de Gaulle (1944-46). After joining the Rothschild bank in Paris, he rose rapidly to become director general (1959). As de Gaulle's chief aide (1958-59), he helped draft the constitution of the Fifth Republic. He secretly negotiated a cease-fire in the Algerian War in 1961 and was appointed premier the following year. In 1968 he skillfully negotiated an end to the French student-worker strikes. Elected president of France in 1969, he continued de Gaulle's policies. The Pompidou Centre is named for him

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georges- jean-raymond Pom-pi-dou