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    Pierre Antoine Noël Bruno, Comte de Daru (12 January 1767 – 5 September 1829) was a French soldier, statesman, historian, and poet. Born in Montpellier...
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    Henri-Godefroi-Bernard-Alphonse, 1st Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne, 2nd Marquis de Saint-Paulet (21 October 1823 – 5 May 1871) was a French politician...
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    Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, sociologist, political scientist...
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    Stendhal (redirect from Marie-Henri Beyle)
    Marie-Henri Beyle (French: [maʁi ɑ̃ʁi bɛl]; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (UK: /ˈstɒ̃dɑːl/, US: /stɛnˈdɑːl,...
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    Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue (French: [ɡastɔ̃ dumɛʁɡ]; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard – 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician...
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    double-height space Galerie Daru, part of the New Louvre building program under Napoleon III Salle Daru above the galerie Daru, also created under Napoleon III...
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    Albert Rivière – Minister of Veterans and Pensioners Paul Thellier – Minister of Agriculture Henri Queuille – Minister of Supply Georges Mandel – Minister...
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    Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier (French: [ʒɑ̃ kazimiʁ peʁje]; 8 November 1847 – 11 March 1907) was a French politician who served as President of France...
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    Napoléon, comte Daru (11 June 1807 – 20 February 1890), was a French soldier and politician. Napoléon Daru was born on 11 June 1807 in Paris. He was the...
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  • Vicariate of Yule Island and the Apostolic Prefecture of Daru (now suffragan Diocese of Daru-Kiunga) Promoted on 1966.11.15 as Metropolitan Archdiocese...
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    Paul Baudouin (French pronunciation: [pɔl bodwɛ̃]; 19 December 1894 – 10 February 1964) was a French banker who became a politician and Foreign Minister...
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    Merchant Marine Paul Painlevé – Minister of Air Anatole de Monzie – Minister of National Education Edmond Miellet – Minister of Pensions Henri Queuille – Minister...
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    Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (French: [aʁistid pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi bʁijɑ̃]; 28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime...
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    naturalist, contributed primarily to botany. Pierre Antoine Noël Bruno, Comte de Daru (1767–1829), soldier, statesman, historian and poet. Laure Junot, Duchess...
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    1947–1948 Succeeded by Henri Queuille Preceded by Paul Reynaud Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs 1948 Preceded by Henri Queuille Minister of Public...
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    his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government...
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    Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin (born 24 March 1720, Périgueux; died 16 September 1792, Spa, Belgium) was a French statesman, and controller general...
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  • Thumbnail for Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Aiguillon
    probably written by J. L. Soulavie On d'Aiguillon's governorship of Brittany: Henri Carré, La Chalotais et le duc d'Aiguillon (Paris, 1893) Marcel Marion, La...
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    marriage with Anne Émilie (1777-1852), daughter of General Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre, he had one daughter, Hélène-Charlotte-Pauline (17 July...
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    Jean-Noël Barrot (category Lycée Henri-IV alumni)
    for Uber in Europe. Barrot followed a classe préparatoire at the Lycée Henri-IV, and graduated from HEC Paris in 2007 (grande école master's programme)...
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    Chaban-Delmas and Pierre Messmer, signing the pardon of notorious escapee Henri Charrière in 1970. Losing re-election as legislator in 1973, he became president...
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    Instruction and Fine Arts Édouard Amédée Bovier-Lapierre - Minister of Pensions Henri Queuille - Minister of Agriculture Édouard Daladier - Minister of Colonies...
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    Victims Pierre Pflimlin – Minister of Agriculture Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of Overseas France Henri Queuille – Minister of Public Works, Transport,...
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    most distinguished members of the Left in the cabinet – LJ Buffet, Napoleon Daru and Auguste de Talhouët-Roy – resigned in April over the plebiscite. Ollivier...
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  • Jean-François Collin d'Harleville, 1803–1806, playwright and poet Pierre Daru, 1806–1829, politician and historian Alphonse de Lamartine, 1829–1869, politician...
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    named respectively, from east to west, after Napoleon-era officials Pierre Daru, Vivant Denon and Nicolas François Mollien. Between these and the wing facing...
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    Hemingway, James Joyce, Lewis Carroll, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Absinthe has often been portrayed...
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    Thouvenel Drouyn de Lhuys La Valette Moustier La Valette La Tour Auvergne Daru Ollivier Gramont La Tour d'Auvergne Third Republic Favre Rémusat A. Broglie...
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    “little mother” or “godmother”) made with orgeat and orange flower water Henri Bardouin made by Distilleries et Domaines de Provence Ricard, Pernod, Pastis...
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    distillery Spirits brands Wine brands People Paul Ricard Patrick Ricard Jean Hémard Ariste Hémard Henri Louis Pernod Jules-François Pernod Jules-Félix...
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