Ninety-six years ago today, November 23, 1929 (October 23, 1929), Clemenceau, the French Prime Minister of World War I, died. Clemenceau "Tiger" On November 23, 1929, Georges Clemenceau, known as the "Tiger" and the "Father of Victory", passed away at the age of 88. He began his political career in 1870 with the establishment of the Paris Commune, when he was the mayor of the 18th district, and later held the positions of member of the lower house, member of the upper house, minister of the interior, and prime minister. Clemenceau won the reputation of a politician. After the negotiations at Versailles, he lost the presidential election in 1920. Clemenceau was born in 1841 to a civilian family in western France. In 1861, he went to Paris with his father to study medicine and co-founded the publication "Work" with his close friend. He was banned for promoting radical ideology and was imprisoned for 73 days. He traveled to the United States during the American Civil War and married in the United States. When the Paris Commune broke out, he was the mayor of the 18th arrondissement of Paris and a member of the National Assembly. He tried to mediate between the Paris Commune and the National Assembly in Versailles. He was the leader of the radicals in the National Assembly and repeatedly refused to serve as prime minister because he did not have a majority in the Senate. He defended Dreyfus for eight years in the Dreyfus case that shook France for more than a decade. In 1917, he was appointed to organize the wartime cabinet and served as secretary of defense. He proposed the organization of a joint military command at a critical moment in the war. After the war, he served as the president of the Paris Peace Conference, reclaiming Alsace and Lorraine for France. He was awarded the title of "Father of Victory".