What is Marie François Sadi Carnot?
{{Infobox President | name=Sadi Carnot |order=5th [[President of the French Republic]]<br>[[Co-Prince of Andorra]] |nationality=French |image=Portrait officiel de Sadi Carnot.jpg |term_start=3 December 1887 |term_end=25 June 1894 |predecessor=[[Jules Grévy]] |successor=[[Jean Casimir-Perier]] |birth_date={{birth date|1837|8|11|df=y}} |birth_place=[[Limoges]], [[Haute-Vienne]] |death_date={{death date and age|1894|6|25|1837|8|11|df=y}} |death_place=[[Lyon]], [[Rhône]] |spouse= |party=Republican Left |vicepresident= }} '''Marie François Sadi Carnot''' ({{IPA-fr|maʁi fʁɑ̃swa sadi kaʁno}}; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a [[France|French]] statesman, the fourth president of the [[Third French Republic]]. He served as the [[President of France]] from 1887 until he was murdered by [[Sante Geronimo Caserio]] in 1894. ==Presidency== Carnot had a reputation for honesty, this made him a popular candidate to succeed [[Jules Grévy]] who had resigned following a scandal. He was elected by 616 votes out of 827. He assumed office at a critical period, when the republic was all but openly attacked by. Carnot's popularity helped to force [[Georges Boulanger|General Boulanger]] into exile. Boulanger was a conservative and a supporter of the [[monarchy]], and it was feared he would try to overthrow the Republic. Carnot was near his most popular, when, on 24 June 1894, he attended a public banquet in [[Lyon]]. Afterwards he was stabbed by an Italian [[anarchist]] named [[Sante Geronimo Caserio]] and died shortly after midnight on 25 June. The stabbing aroused widespread horror and grief, and the president was honoured with an elaborate funeral ceremony in the [[Panthéon, Paris|Panthéon]]. ==Related pages== * [[Politics of France]] ==References== * {{1911}} ==Other websites== * {{Structurae person|id=d001266|name=Sadi Carnot}} * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7507 Carnot's Gravesite] * [http://www.minefe.gouv.fr/directions_services/cedef/histomin/ministres/fiche013.html Carnot biography] {{Webarchive