Albert Lebrun was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940, and as such was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD). Born to a farming family in Mercy-le-Haut, he attended the "École Polytechnique" and the "École des Mines", graduating from both at the top of his class. He then became a mining engineer in Vesoul and Nancy, … Wikipedia
Lebrun gave up a promising career as mining engineer to enter politics at age 29. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1900, received his first cabinet appointment, Minister of Colonies in 1911 and served in Clemenceau's Union Sacree government a worldatwar.net/biography/l/lebrun/
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