Paul Doumer

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14^th President of the French Republic 13^th President of the Third Republic
Paul Doumer

In office May 13, 1931 – May 7, 1932
Prime Minister	Pierre Laval André Tardieu
Preceded by	Gaston Doumergue
Succeeded by	Albert Lebrun
18^th President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office January 10, 1905 – June 8, 1906
Preceded by	Henri Brisson
Succeeded by	Léon Bourgeois
10^th Governor-General of French Indochina
In office February 13, 1897 – October 1902
Preceded by	Augustin Juline Fourès
Succeeded by	Jean Baptiste Paul Beau

Born	March 22, 1857 Aurillac, France
Died	May 6, 1932 Paris, France
Political party	Radical
Spouse	Blanche Doumer

Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (March 22, 1857 – May 7, 1932) was the President of France from June 13, 1931 until his assassination.

Born in Aurillac, in the Cantal département, in France.

He was Governor-General of French Indochina from 1897 to 1902.

After returning from French Indochina, Doumer served as President of the Chamber of Deputies (a post equivalent to the speaker of parliament) from 1902 to 1905. He was elected President of the French Republic on May 13, 1931, defeating the better known Aristide Briand.

On May 6, 1932, he was shot in Paris at the opening of a book fair by Paul Gorguloff, a mentally unstable Russian émigré. He died at 04:37 a.m. on May 7.

Political offices
Preceded by Gaston Doumergue	President of France 1931–1932	Succeeded by Albert Lebrun
Regnal titles
Preceded by Gaston Doumergue and Justí Guitart i Vilardebó	Co-Prince of Andorra 1931-1932 with Justí Guitart i Vilardebó	Succeeded by Albert Lebrun and Justí Guitart i Vilardebó

v • d • e Republican Heads of State of France

First Republic	National Convention · Directory · Napoleon Bonaparte

Second Republic	Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure · Executive Commission · Louis-Eugene Cavaignac · Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

Interregnum	Louis Jules Trochu ⁱ

Third Republic	Adolphe Thiers · Patrice de Mac-Mahon · Jules Grevy · Marie François Sadi Carnot · Jean Casimir-Perier · Felix Faure · Emile Loubet · Armand Fallieres · Raymond Poincare · Paul Deschanel · Alexandre Millerand · Gaston Doumergue · Paul Doumer · Albert Lebrun

Vichy France	Philippe Petain

Provisional Government	Charles de Gaulle · Felix Gouin · Georges Bidault · Vincent Auriol ⁱ · Leon Blum

Fourth Republic	Vincent Auriol · Rene Coty

Fifth Republic	Charles de Gaulle · Alain Poher ⁱ · Georges Pompidou · Alain Poher ⁱ · Valery Giscard d'Estaing · Francois Mitterrand · Jacques Chirac · Nicolas Sarkozy

(i) interim. Styled "Presidents" except from 1940-44 ("Chief of State") and 1944-47 ("Chairmen").