René Viviani

René Viviani
Viviani in 1912
Prime Minister of France
In office
13 June 1914  29 October 1915
PresidentRaymond Poincaré
Preceded byAlexandre Ribot
Succeeded byAristide Briand
Personal details
Born
Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani

8 November 1863
Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria
Died7 September 1925(1925-09-07) (aged 61)
Le Plessis-Robinson, Paris, France
Political partyPRS

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.