René Viviani: Premier at the Outbreak of War

René Viviani

Politician and lawyer during the French Third Republic. Involved in the socialist movement and the defense of workers' and trade union rights, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Paris in 1893. He worked alongside Jean Jaurès and others on socialist and labor issues, and in 1906 he served as the first Minister of Labor and Social Security in the Clemenceau cabinet. After serving as Minister of Public Instruction and in other roles, he became Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of France in June 1914. As prime minister at the outbreak of World War I, he promoted the formation of the "Union Sacrée" and led the establishment of the wartime administration. After the war, he was active in the League of Nations and other international forums.

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Year	René Viviani
1863	Birth of René Viviani (Period: November 8, 1863, Location: Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria)
1880	Beginning of Legal Practice in Paris (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1880s–1890s, Location: Paris, France)
1893	First Election to the Chamber of Deputies (René Viviani, Age: 29 years old, Period: 1893, Location: Paris, France)
1904	Participation in the Founding of "L'Humanité" (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1904, Location: Paris, France)
1906	Assuming Office as Minister of Labour and Social Security (René Viviani, Age: 42 years old, Period: 1906, Location: Paris, France) Marriage (René Viviani, Isabelle de Boueille-Lapeyrère, Age: 42 years old, Period: January 15, 1906, Location: Town Hall of the 7th Arrondissement of Paris)
1911	Co-founding of the Republican-Socialist Party (Age: 47 years old, Period: Around 1911, Location: Paris, France)
1913	Assuming Office as Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts (René Viviani, Age: 49 years old, Period: 1913–1914, Location: Paris, France)
1914	World War I (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Assuming Office as Prime Minister of France (René Viviani, Age: 50 years old, Period: June 13, 1914, Location: Paris, France) Formation of the "Sacred Union" (Union Sacrée) in France at the Outbreak of World War I (Age: 50 years old, Period: August 1914, Location: Paris, France) Reorganization of the War Cabinet During World War I (Age: 50 years old, Period: August 26, 1914, Location: Paris, France)
1915	Failure of the 1915 Western Front Offensives and Crisis of the Viviani Cabinet (Age: 51 years old, Period: Autumn 1915, Location: Western Front and Paris, France) War Leadership Consultations with French Military Commanders (Age: 51 years old, Period: June 1915, Location: France) Resignation as Prime Minister (René Viviani, Age: 51 years old, Period: October 27, 1915, Location: Paris, France)
1917	Diplomatic Mission to the United States (Age: 53 years old, Period: April 1917, Location: United States)
1919	Support for the Women's Suffrage Bill (Age: 55 years old, Period: May 1919, Location: Chamber of Deputies, Paris, France)
1920	Activities at the League of Nations (Age: 56 years old, Period: Early 1920s, Location: Geneva and other locations)
1923	Cessation of Political Activities Due to a Stroke (Age: 59 years old, Period: June 1923, Location: France)
1925	Death of René Viviani (Age: 61 years old, Period: September 6, 1925 (September 7 in some sources), died in Le Plessis-Robinson, 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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