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Marie François Sadi Carnot
1837Aug, 11

Marie François Sadi Carnot

Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)
Marie François Sadi Carnot (French: [maʁi fʁɑ̃swa sadi kaʁno]; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman, who served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.

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