Clemenceau the tiger
Georges Eugène Benjamin
[jawrj yoo-jeen ben-juh-min,, yoo-jeen;; French zhawrzh œ-zhen ban-zha-man] /dʒɔrdʒ yuˈdʒin ˈbɛn dʒə mɪn,, ˈyu dʒin;; French ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (“the Tiger”) 1841–1929, French statesman, journalist, and editor: premier 1906–09, 1917–20.
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Georges Eugène Benjamin (ʒɔrʒ œʒɛn bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃). 1841–1929, French statesman; prime minister of France (1906–09; 1917–20); negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (1919)
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