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  1. 1872-1957. French Radical socialist
  2. politician. An opponent of Poincare, who as
  3. prime minister carried out the French
  4. occupation of the Ruhr, Germany, he was
  5. briefly prime minister 1924-25, 1926, and
  6. 1932. As president of the chamber of deputies
  7. 1940 he opposed the policies of the
  8. right-wing Vichy government, was arrested and
  9. later taken to Germany until released 1945 by
  10. the Soviets.
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