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point of order (oh) and Pompidou, Georges (-Jean-Raymond) (sh)


point of order (oh)



plural points of order
n [C] formal
a rule used to organize an official meeting
on a point of order
(=according to a rule)
::One MP raised an objection on a point of order.

Pompidou, Georges (-Jean-Raymond) (sh)




born July 5, 1911, Montboudif, France
died April 2, 1974, Paris

French premier (1962-68) and president (1969-74).

He taught school before serving in World War II and was an aide to Charles de Gaulle (1944-46). After joining the Rothschild bank in Paris, he rose rapidly to become director General (1959). As de Gaulle's chief aide (1958-59), he helped draft the constitution of the Fifth Republic. He secretly negotiated a cease-fire in the Algerian War in 1961 and was appointed premier the following year. In 1968 he skillfully negotiated an end to the French student-worker strikes. Elected president of France in 1969, he continued de Gaulle's policies. The Pompidou Centre is named for him.


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