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How many French presidents have been assassinated?

Question #38720. Asked by pling.
Last updated Jun 13 2014.

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From the different websites, it would appear that 2 presidents had been assassinated. The first was Marie Francois Sadi Carnot in 1894, stabbed to death by anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio. The second was Paul Doumer, shot in 1932 by Paul Gorguloff at the Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_in_Europe#France
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_France

Jun 13 2014, 7:18 AM
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