Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (/ËklÉmÉnsoÊ/,[1] also US: /ËklÉmÉnËsoÊ, ËkleÉȘmÉÌËsoÊ/,[2][3] French: [ÊÉÊÊ bÉÌÊamÉÌ klemÉÌso];[a] 28 September 1841 â 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A key figure of the Independent Radicals, he was a strong advocate of separation of church and state, amnesty of the Communards exiled to New Caledonia, as well as opposition to colonisation. Clemenceau,âŠ
