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George Ernest Jean Marie Boulanger, 1837-1889

Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 1837
Place of Birth: Rennes
Date of Death: 1889
Place of Death:

Life:

French general and demagogue, he was Minister for War (1886-1887) and acquired immense popularity between 1886 and 1889, crystallizing various nationalist currents. He fled to Belgium to avoid prosecution, and committed suicide there.

Bibliography:

Dictionnaire de biographie francaise, (Paris, 1970), vol.6, p.1342.