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Paul Painlevé
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French mathematician and politician (1863-1933)
Key facts
- President
- Gaston Doumergue
- Preceded by
- Édouard Herriot
- Succeeded by
- Aristide Briand
- Prime minister
- Édouard Herriot, Joseph Paul-Boncour
- Born
- 5 December 1863, Paris
- Died
- 29 October 1933 (1933-10-29) (aged 69), Paris
- Party
- PRS
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Child
- Jean Painlevé
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Political party
- Republican-Socialist Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Doctoral advisor
- Charles Émile Picard
- Student of
- Charles Émile Picard
- Doctoral student
- Ludovic Zoretti
- Image
- Paul Painlevé 01.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Paul Painlevé
- date of death
- 1933-10-29
- date of birth
- 1863-12-05
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- name in native language
- Paul Painlevé
- ethnic group
- French
- writing language
- French
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Redfin bully
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Painlevé ( French: [pɔl pɛ̃ləve]; 5 December 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French mathematician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the French Third Republic in 1917 and 1925. After working as a professor at the Sorbonne University, he entered politics in 1906.
His first term as prime minister lasted only nine weeks but dealt with weighty issues, such as the Russian Revolution, the American entry into World War I, the failure of the Nivelle Offensive, quelling the French Army Mutinies and relations with the British. In the 1920s as Minister of War he was a key figure in building the Maginot Line. In his second term as prime minister he dealt with the outbreak of rebellion in Syria's Jabal Druze in July 1925 which had excited public and parliamentary anxiety over the general crisis of France's empire.
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