René Viviani
René Viviani | |
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Viviani in 1912 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 13 June 1914 – 29 October 1915 | |
| President | Raymond Poincaré |
| Preceded by | Alexandre Ribot |
| Succeeded by | Aristide Briand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani 8 November 1863 Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria |
| Died | 7 September 1925 (aged 61) Le Plessis-Robinson, Paris, France |
| Political party | PRS |
Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani (French: [ʁəne vivjani]; 8 November 1863 – 7 September 1925) was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as Prime Minister for the first year of World War I. He was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, in French Algeria. In France he sought to protect the rights of socialists and trade union workers.