biography
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Boulanger, Georges (Ernest Jean Marie)
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pronunciation:
[boolãzhay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1837–91)
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| biography:
| French soldier and statesman, born in Rennes, NW France. In 1886, as the protégé of Clemenceau, he was appointed minister of war. He introduced many reforms in soldiers' pay and living conditions and became a popular national figure. When he lost office in 1887, ‘Boulanger fever’ increased. Deprived of his command in 1888, he was elected deputy for Dordogne and Nord, and demanded a revision of the constitution. Fearing a coup, the government prosecuted Boulanger for treason, who lost courage and fled the country. In 1891 he committed suicide. |
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