Doumergue

[doo-merg]

noun

1. Gaston 1863–1937, French statesman: president of France 1924–31.

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But the day the station was opened in 1928 by the French President Gaston Doumergue and Spanish King Alfonso XIII, flaws quickly became apparent.

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The second was the now-forgotten Gaston Doumergue, who served from 1924 to 1931 and finally married his long-standing mistress 12 days before leaving office.

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But Cyril Doumergue, the journalist from La Dépêche du Midi who interviewed him, said he had sounded authentic and genuinely moved.

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“Christopher did not record the conversation, so it is impossible to know 100 percent what happened,” Mr. Doumergue said.

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The new Cabinet included among its members certain notorious anti-clericals, among whom were Clemenceau, as Minister of the Interior, Briand, as Minister of Instruction and Worship, and Doumergue, as Minister of Commerce.

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