![]() ![]() He was noted for his strongly anti-German attitudes, shifting the Franco-Russian Alliance from the defensive to the offensive, visiting Russia in 19 to strengthen Franco-Russian relations, and giving France's support for Russian military mobilization during the July Crisis of 1914. He purged the French government of all opponents and critics and single-handedly controlled French foreign policy from 1912 to the beginning of World War I. In 1902, he co-founded the Democratic Republican Alliance, the most important centre-right party under the Third Republic, becoming Prime Minister in 1912 and serving as President of the Republic from 1913 to 1920. Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in 1887 and served in the cabinets of Dupuy and Ribot. ![]() Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré ( UK: / ˈ p w æ̃ k ɑːr eɪ/, French: 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France. ![]()
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