Alain Poher
Politician
1909 – 1996
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Who was Alain Poher?
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French centrist politician, affiliated first with the Popular Republican Movement and later with the Democratic Centre. He served as a Senator for Val-de-Marne from 1946 to 1995. He was President of the Senate from 3 October 1968 to 1 October 1992 and, in that capacity, served twice as the country's interim president. Candidate in the 1969 presidential election, he was defeated by Georges Pompidou in the second round.
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- Born
- Apr 17, 1909
Ablon-sur-Seine - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Mines ParisTech
- Died
- Dec 9, 1996
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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