Raymond Poincaré: Steadfast Leader of the Sacred Union

Raymond Poincaré

French politician and lawyer. A leading center-right politician of the Third Republic, he served as President of France from 1913 to 1920 and as Prime Minister three times. Before World War I, he strengthened the Franco-Russian Alliance and maintained France's firm stance against Germany during the July Crisis of 1914. During World War I, he called for national unity as president and supported the war effort. After the war, he emphasized Germany's fulfillment of reparations and initiated the Occupation of the Ruhr in 1923. Returning as prime minister in 1926, he advanced financial and currency stabilization, achieving a stable franc known as the "Poincaré Franc."

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Year	Raymond Poincaré
1860	Birth of Raymond Poincaré (Period: August 20, 1860, Location: Bar-le-Duc, France)
1870	Franco-Prussian War (Age: 9 years old, Period: 1870–1871, Location: France and Germany)
1880	Beginning of Career as a Lawyer (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1880–1886, Location: Paris, France)
1887	First Election to the Chamber of Deputies (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 26 years old, Period: July 1887, Location: Commercy Constituency, Meuse Department, France)
1893	First Cabinet Appointment (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1893–1895, Location: Paris, France)
1902	Formation of the Democratic Republican Alliance (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1902, Location: Paris, France)
1903	Assuming a Seat in the Senate (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 42 years old, Period: February 22, 1903, Location: Meuse Department, France)
1904	Marriage (Raymond Poincaré, Henriette Adeline Benucci, Age: 43 years old, Period: August 17, 1904, Location: 17th Arrondissement of Paris, France)
1908	Bosnian Crisis (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1908–1909, Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia, France)
1911	Agadir Crisis (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1911, Location: Morocco/Agadir, France, Germany)
1912	Poincaré's Accession to Premiership and Foreign Policy Toward Germany and Russia (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 51 years old, Period: January 1912 – January 1913, Location: Paris (France), Saint Petersburg (Russia)) Assuming the Premiership (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 51 years old, Period: January 21, 1912 – January 21, 1913, Location: Paris, France)
1913	Assuming the French Presidency (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 52 years old, Period: February 18, 1913 – February 18, 1920, Location: Paris, Élysée Palace, France)
1914	World War I (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Caillaux Affair (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1914, Location: Paris, France) National Unity During World War I (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: France, Paris, Western Front of France) July Crisis (Age: 53 years old, Period: June – August 1914, Location: Sarajevo, Vienna, Berlin, Saint Petersburg, Paris) Government Relocation Before the Battle of the Marne in 1914 (Age: 54 years old, Period: September 1914, Location: Paris and Bordeaux, France)
1917	Appointment of Clemenceau as Prime Minister (Age: 57 years old, Period: November 16, 1917, Location: Paris, France)
1919	Paris Peace Conference (Age: 58 years old, Period: 1919, Location: Paris, France)
1920	End of Presidential Term and Chairman of the Reparation Commission (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 59 years old, Period: 1920–1922, Location: Paris, France)
1922	Second Premiership (Age: 61 years old, Period: 1951–1955, Location: Paris, France)
1923	Occupation of the Ruhr (Age: 62 years old, Period: January 1923 – 1925, Location: Ruhr Region, Germany) Implementation of the Ruhr Occupation (Age: 62 years old, Period: January 11, 1923, Location: Ruhr Region, Germany)
1924	Victory of the Left Cartel (Cartel des Gauches, Age: 63 years old, Period: May 1924, Location: Paris and Nationwide, France)
1926	Third Premiership and Stabilization of the Franc (Age: 65 years old, Period: July 23, 1926 – July 29, 1929, Location: Paris, France)
1929	Resignation as Prime Minister and Writing of Memoirs (Raymond Poincaré, Age: 68 years old, Period: 1929–1933, Location: France)
1934	Assassination of Louis Barthou (Age: 74 years old, Period: October 9, 1934, Location: Marseille, France) Death of Raymond Poincaré (Age: 74 years old, Period: October 15, 1934, Paris, France)

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French Politics	Raymond Poincaré Georges Clemenceau René Viviani Alexandre Millerand Aristide Briand Joseph Caillaux
British Politics	Herbert Henry Asquith David Lloyd George Horatio Herbert Kitchener Andrew Bonar Law Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Andrew Bonar Law
Poet and Writer	Wilfred Owen Siegfried Sassoon Rupert Brooke Isaac Rosenberg Robert Graves Henri Barbusse Romain Rolland
Science and Medicine	Marie Curie Ernest Rutherford Paul Langevin Charles de Lorme Alexis Carrel

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