Aristide Briand
Prime Minister of France
Died when: 69 years 345 days (839 months)Star Sign: Aries
Aristide Pierre Henri Briand (French: [a?istid pj?? ?~?i b?ij?~]; 28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic.
He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues and reconciliation politics during the interwar period (1918–1939).In 1926, he received the Nobel Peace Prize along with German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann for the realization of the Locarno Treaties, which aimed at reconciliation between France and Germany after the First World War.
To avoid another worldwide conflict, he was instrumental in the agreement known as the Kellogg–Briand Pact of 1928, as well to establish a "European Union" in 1929.
However, all his efforts were compromised by the rise of nationalistic and revanchist ideas like Nazism and Fascism following the Great Depression.
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