President of France
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou 5 July 1911 Montboudif, France
2 April 1974(1974-04-02) (62) Paris, France
20 June 1969 – 2 April 1974
President of France from 1969 to 1974 "Pompidou" redirects here. For other uses, see Pompidou (disambiguation). Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (/ˈ p ɒ m p ɪ d uː / POMP -id-oo, French: ( listen ) ; 5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968—the longest tenure in the position's history. He had long been a top aide to President Charles de Gaulle; as head of state, he was a moderate conservative who repaired France's relationship with the United States and maintained positive relations with the newly independent former colonies in Africa. He strengthened his political party, the Union of Democrats for the Republic ("Union des démocrates pour la République" or UDR), to make it a bastion of the Gaullist movement. Pompidou's presidency is generally held in high esteem by French political commentators.
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