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Albert Viger (19 October 1843 – 8 July 1926) was a
French politician of the
Third French Republic
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. He served three times as minister of agriculture in the governments of
Alexandre Ribot
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Early career
Ribot was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais. After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where h ...
,
Charles Dupuy,
Jean Casimir-Perier
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Biography
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,
Léon Bourgeois
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and
Henri Brisson
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Biography
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. He served in the
Senate of France
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and was a member of the
Legion of Honour
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.
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1843 births
1926 deaths
French Ministers of Agriculture
French Senators of the Third Republic
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Senators of Loiret