Georges Pompidou
Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidouwas Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968—the longest tenure in the position's history—and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974. He had long been a top aide to president Charles de Gaulle. As president, 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...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth5 July 1911
CityMontboudif, France
CountryFrance
Georges Pompidou quotes about
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.
The rest of the world cannot be expected to regulate its life by a clock which is always slow.