Alain Poher, French lawyer and politician (born 1909)

Alain Poher

Acting President of France, 1969; 1974

Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French politician who served as President of the Senate from 1968 to 1992. In this capacity, he was twice briefly acting President of France, in 1969 and 1974 following the resignation of Charles de Gaulle and the death of Georges Pompidou,…