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Sadi Carnot
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5th president of France (1837–1894)
Sadi Carnot was a French politician who served as the fifth president of France from 1837 to 1894. He is historically significant as a leader during a formative period of the French Third Republic, though his presidency ended when he was assassinated in 1894.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Limoges
- Place of death
- 3rd arrondissement of Lyon
- Father
- Hippolyte Carnot
- Sibling
- Marie-Adolphe Carnot
- Occupation
- official
- Educated at
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Political party
- Republican Left
- Languages spoken
- French
- Conflict
- Franco-Prussian War
- Image
- Sadi Carnot (14782530655).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- manner of death
- homicide
- place of burial
- Panthéon
- Commons category
- Sadi Carnot (statesman)
- date of birth
- 1837-08-11
- date of death
- 1894-06-25
- cause of death
- stab wound
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- candidacy in election
- French presidential election 1887
- birth name
- Marie François Sadi Carnot
- different from
- Nicolas Carnot
- name in native language
- Marie François Sadi Carnot
- relative
- Nicolas Carnot
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Encyclopedic overview
Marie François Sadi Carnot ( French: [maʁi fʁɑ̃swa sadi kaʁno]; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
His presidency was marked by a series of poorly handled crises. General Boulanger's rapid rise and failed attempt to march on the Élysée in 1889 posed the first serious threat to the Republic during Carnot's term. Then came a series of ministerial crises, financial scandals, labour turmoil, anarchist violence, and finally Carnot's own assassination in 1894. The Panama scandals, involving bribes to parliamentarians, resulted in major financial losses and deeply embarrassed those involved. The extreme right-wing newspaper La Libre Parole, run by anti-Semitic publicist Édouard Drumont, escalated intolerance towards Third Republic politics.
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