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(1932–1940); French co-prince of Andorra (1932–1940); President of the Senate of France (1931–1932); senator of the French Third Republic (1920–1932); Deputy of the French Third Republic (1919–1920)."},{"q":"Where did Albert Lebrun study?","a":"Albert Lebrun was educated at École polytechnique, Mines ParisTech."}],"related":[{"name":"Vincent Auriol","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vincent-auriol"},{"name":"Raymond Poincaré","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/raymond-poincare"},{"name":"Sadi Carnot","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sadi-carnot"},{"name":"Alexandre Millerand","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alexandre-millerand"},{"name":"Gaston Doumergue","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gaston-doumergue"},{"name":"Nicolas Sarkozy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nicolas-sarkozy"},{"name":"Napoleon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/napoleon"},{"name":"Philippe Pétain","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philippe-petain"},{"name":"Louis 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