Georges Eugène Benjamin Clemenceau (, also US: , French: [???? b?~?am?~ klem?~so]; 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France during World War I.
A leading figure of the Independent Radicals, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic.
Clemenceau was Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and from 1917 to 1920.
Demanding a total victory over Germany, he wanted reparations, colonies, Alsace-Lorraine, and strict rules to prevent Germany from rearming.
He achieved these goals in the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.