Christian Poncelet (born 24 March 1928 in Blaise) is a conservative French politician. A member of President Sarkozy's UMP, he has been President of the Senate since 1998. He is Senator and Mayor of Remiremont (Vosges) and has been the president of the General Council of Vosges. As Senate President he is first person in presidential line of succession. He was close to become Interim President in 2005, when there were rumors that President Jacques Chirac would resign, …

Alain Poher (April 17, 1909 - December 9, 1996) was a French politician. He was president of the French Senate from 1968 to 1992, and served twice as the country's interim president.

Paul Doumer was the President of France from June 13, 1931 until his assassination. Born in Aurillac, in the Cantal "département", in France. He was Governor-General of French Indochina from 1897 to 1902. After returning from French Indochina, Doumer served as President of the Chamber of Deputies (a post equivalent to the speaker of parliament) from 1902 to 1905. He was elected President of the French Republic on May 13, 1931, …

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, …

Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue was a French politician of the Third Republic. Doumergue came from a Protestant family. Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as Prime Minister from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914. He held the portfolio for the colonies through the ministries of Viviani and Briand until the Ribot ministry of March, 1917, …

Gaston Monnerville was a French politician and lawyer. The grandson of a slave, he grew up in French Guiana and went to Toulouse to complete his studies. A brilliant student, he became a lawyer in 1918 and worked with César Campinchi, a lawyer who later became an influential politician. He joined the Radical Party and became the deputy for French Guiana in 1932. He was Secretary of State in Charge of the French Colonies (1937-1938), …

René Monory, in Loudun, is a French politician. He began his career as the owner of a garage. He is the founder of the Poitiers Futuroscope. Monory first became a Senator in 1968. A member of the Union for French Democracy, he was Minister of Economy and Finance (1978-1981) in the government of Raymond Barre. He later served as Minister of Education (1986-1988) in the government of Jacques Chirac.

Jules François Camille Ferry. Examples of everyday abuse included pupils and students speaking words in a tongue other than French at school or in the schoolyard being systematically punished and humiliated, with slapping and their fingers whacked by the teacher's ruler common reminders that French and only French was the language of the Republic. At a time when many French citizens were naturally fluent in two or more languages, …

Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois was a Jewish French statesman. He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office (1876) in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn (1882) and the Haute-Garonne (1885), and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior. He became prefect of police in November 1887, at the critical moment of Jules Grévy's resignation from the presidency.

Justin de Selves (1848-1934) was a French politician.

Jean-Baptiste Léon Say, French statesman and economist, was born in Paris. The family was a most remarkable one. His grandfather Jean-Baptiste Say was a well-known economist. His brother Louis Auguste Say (1774-1840), director of a sugar refinery at Nantes, wrote several books against his theories. His son Horace Émile Say (1794-1860), the father of Léon Say, was educated at Geneva, and had travelled in America before establishing himself in business in Paris, …

Edme Armand Gaston, duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier was a French politician and member of the Académie française, Seat 16. He was preceded in his position by Félix Dupanloup and succeeded by Alexandre Ribot. He was the grand-nephew and adopted son of Baron Etienne Denis Pasquier, an academician. He inherited the title of duke in 1844, and became auditor at the council of state in 1846. After the revolution of 1848 he retired to private life.