What is Paul Doumer?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Paul Doumer | image = Paul-Doumer.jpg | caption = Doumer in 1931 | office1 = [[President of France]] | term_start1 = 13 June 1931 | term_end1 = 7 May 1932 | predecessor1 = [[Gaston Doumergue]] | primeminister1 = [[Pierre Laval]]<br>[[André Tardieu]] | successor1 = [[Albert Lebrun]] | office2 = [[List of Governors-General of French Indochina|Governor-General]] of [[French Indochina]] | term_start2 = 13 February 1897 | term_end2 = 14 March 1902 | predecessor2 = Armand Rousseau | successor2 = Paul Beau | birth_date = 22 March 1857 | birth_place = [[Aurillac]], [[Second French Empire|France]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|5|7|1857|3|22|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]] | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | alma_mater = [[University of Paris]]<br>[[Conservatoire national des arts et métiers]] }} '''Joseph Athanase Doumer''', commonly known as '''Paul Doumer''' ({{IPA-fr|pɔl dumɛːʀ}}; 22 March 1857{{snd}}7 May 1932), was the [[President of France]] from 13 June 1931 until his assassination on 7 May 1932. At the age of 74, he is the oldest person elected president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Doumer Becomes President Of France |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-johAAAAIBAJ&pg=5164,3939342&dq=paul+doumer&hl=en |quote=Paul Doumer, the oldest man ever elected to the position, succeeded Gaston Doumergue as president of the third French republic Saturday in ... |work=[[United Press]] |date=June 14, 1931|access-date=2010-11-13 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doumer, Paul}} [[Category:1857 births]] [[Category:1932 deaths]] [[Category:Assassinated French politicians]] [[Category:Murders by firearm]] [[Category:Presidents of France]] [[Category:People from Cantal]] [[Category:Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] {{b