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Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
1846Dec, 2

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (d. 1904)
Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau (French: [pjɛʁ valdɛk ʁuso]; 2 December 1846 – 10 August 1904) was a French Republican politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of France.

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