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Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (/ ˈ p ɒ m p ɪ d uː / POMP-id-oo; French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) pɔ̃pidu] ⓘ; 5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 to his death in 1974.
The Centre Pompidou (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ pɔ̃pidu]), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (lit. ' National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture '), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France.
Georges Pompidou, the 19th president of France, died on 2 April 1974 at the age of 62, after having suffered from Waldenström macroglobulinemia, a form of blood cancer, for several years. He was the fourth French president to die in office, and the first in the history of the Fifth Republic .
For nearly 50 years, the Centre Pompidou in Paris attracted millions of visitors with its incredible inside-out architecture, famous artworks and free rooftop view. Now it’ll be off-limits for ...
7. "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." 8. "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." 9. "Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it ...
Claude Jacqueline Pompidou (née Cahour; 13 November 1912 – 3 July 2007) was the wife of President of France Georges Pompidou. She was a philanthropist and a patron of modern art, especially through the Centre Georges Pompidou .
In 1999, the heirs of Alphonse Kann requested the return of Georges Braque's The Guitar Player, which the Centre Pompidou had acquired from Heinz Berggruen in 1981. [ 4 ] In 2011, Centre Pompidou admitted that it held three paintings, Les Peupliers (Poplars) , Arbres (Trees) , and Composition by the artist Fédor Löwenstein that had been ...
To this day, Maurras remains controversial. Critics have attacked his anti-Semitic views and support of Vichy, calling him a "fascist icon". Conversely, supporters like Georges Pompidou have praised him as a prophet. Others, including Macron, have taken a nuanced approach, with Macron stating: "I fight all the antisemitic ideas of Maurras, but ...