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The first President of France to complete a full term, he was easily reelected in December 1885. He was nonetheless forced to resign, following an honours scandal in which his son-in-law was implicated. The Government of Maurice Rouvier deputized during the interim (2–3 December 1887). 5 Sadi Carnot [12] (1837–1894) 3 December 1887 25 June ...
France: President (also Co-Prince of Andorra) Lyon France: Assassination – stabbing [49] Rafael Núñez: 1894 Colombia: President: Bogotá Colombia: Stroke [50] John Sparrow David Thompson: 1894 Canada: Prime Minister: Berkshire United Kingdom: Myocardial infarction Karl Schenk: 1895 Switzerland: Member of the Federal Council: Bern Switzerland
French First Republic; France renounces the position of co-prince. [2] 1793–1806 Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros (1753–1821) 1797–1812 Emperor of the French House of Bonaparte; Napoleon I (1769–1821) 1806–1812 Andorra was briefly annexed to the First French Empire from 1812 to 1813. [2] Bishop of Urgell King of France House of ...
The president of the French Republic is the ex officio co-prince of Andorra, grand master of the Legion of Honour and of the National Order of Merit. The officeholder is also honorary proto-canon of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, although some have rejected the title in the past.
In 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to abdicate as French co-prince if the principality did not change its banking laws to eliminate its longstanding status as a tax haven. [ 11 ] In 2014, Joan Enric Vives i Sicília said that he would abdicate as bishop of Urgell and co-prince of Andorra if the Andorran Parliament passed a law ...
The President of France acts as a co-Prince (along with the Spanish Bishop of Urgell) in Andorra. In 1993, France opened a resident embassy in Andorra la Vella. [1] In October 1967, French President (and co-Prince) Charles de Gaulle paid a visit to Andorra. It was the first visit by a French President to the nation. [2]
On 21 December, he was elected President of France; he was inaugurated in January 1959. As head of state, he became ex officio the Co-Prince of Andorra. [129] De Gaulle oversaw tough economic measures to revitalise the country, including the issuing of a new franc. [130]
Paul Deschanel, the son of Émile Deschanel (1819–1904), professor at the Collège de France and senator, was born in Brussels, where his father was living in exile (1851–1859), owing to his opposition to Napoleon III. [2]