FALLIERES, CLEMENT ARMAND pres ident of the French republic, was born on Nov. 6, 1841, at Mezin (Lot-et-Garonne), where his father was clerk of the peace. He studied law and became an advocate at Nerac, beginning his public career there as municipal councillor (1868), afterwards mayor (1871), and as councillor-general of the department of Lot-et-Garonne (1871). He lost his position in May 1873 upon the fall of Thiers, but in Feb. 1876 was elected deputy for Nerac. In the chamber he sat with the Republican Left, signed the pro testation of May 18, 1877, and was re-elected in October by his constituency. He held at first a minor part (188o-81) in the Jules Ferry ministry, was then minister of the interior (1882-83), and for a month (Feb. 1883) premier. His ministry had to face the question of the expulsion of the pretenders to the throne of France, owing to the proclamation by Prince Jerome Napoleon (Jan. 1883), and Fallieres, who was ill at the time, resigned when the senate rejected his project. He became minister of public instruc tion (Nov. 1883—March 1885), then minister of the interior in the Rouvier cabinet in May 1887, and exchanged his portfolio in December for that of justice. He returned to the ministry of the interior in Feb. 1889, and was minister of justice from 1890 to 1892. In June 1890 his department (Lot-et-Garonne) elected him to the senate by 417 votes to 23. In March 1899 he was elected president of the senate, and retained that position until Jan. 1906, when he was chosen by a union of the groups of the Left in both chambers as candidate for the presidency of the republic. He was elected on the first ballot by 449 votes against 371 for his opponent, Paul Doumer. He held office until Jan. 7, 1913, when he was succeeded by Poincare. He died June 22, 1931. For the events of his presidency see FRAM: CE : History.