Person
Georges Ernest Boulanger
French general and reactionary politician
Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (April 29, 1837 – September 30, 1891) is a French general and reactionary politician.
At the apogee of his popularity in January 1889, many republicans including Georges Clemenceau, fear the threat of a coup d'état by Boulanger and the establishment of a dictatorship.