Which president-elect did the French international cabaret singer Édith Piaf sing for in 1952, performing "Simply a Waltz"?
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Simply a Waltz "Simply a Waltz" is a song by Édith Piaf, with music and lyrics by Norman Wallace. It was the only song Piaf never sang in French. In 1950 Piaf recorded “Simply a Waltz”, along with “La Vie en rose,” “Hymn to Love,” “The Three Bells,” at Columbia's Paris studio. Piaf performed the song at a dinner for General Eisenhower in 1952, a few months before he was elected President.
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Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (] ; 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963; "nee" Édith Giovanna Gassion) was a French cabaret singer, songwriter, and actress who became widely regarded as France's national chanteuse, as well as being one of France's greatest international stars.
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Jean-Paul Cluzel Jean-Paul Cluzel (born 29 January 1947) is a French government official and politician. Among other positions, he has served as inspector general of Finance, director of the Paris Opera, and CEO of Radio France Internationale and Radio France. He is currently the president of the entity in charge of the administration of the Grand Palais and the president of the "Réunion des musées nationaux", an entity which administers 34 national museums under the authority of the French Ministry of Culture. He is also openly gay, advocates for LGBT rights, and supports AIDS-related campaigns.
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Élysée Palace The Élysée Palace (French: "Palais de l'Élysée" , ] ) has been the official residence of the President of France since 1848. Dating to the early 18th century, it contains the office of the President and the meeting place of the Council of Ministers. It is located near the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, the name Élysée deriving from Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology.
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Prime Minister of France The French Prime Minister (French: "Premier ministre français" ) in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. During the Third and Fourth Republics, the head of government position was called President of the Council of Ministers (French: "Président du Conseil des Ministres" ), generally shortened to President of the Council (French: "Président du Conseil" ).
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Jean-Claude Juncker Jean-Claude Juncker (] ; born 9 December 1954) is a Luxembourgish politician who since 2014 has been President of the European Commission, one of the main institutions of the European Union.
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Quebec general election, 1952 The Quebec general election of 1952 was held on July 16, 1952 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent "Union Nationale", led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme.
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List of presidents of Finland The President of Finland is Finland's head of state. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the president and the government, with the president possessing limited powers. Since 1991 no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. Presidents used to be elected indirectly, by an electoral college or by Parliament, but since 1994 the president has been elected directly by the people for a term of six years. The president must be a native-born Finnish citizen. The office was established by the "Constitution Act" of 1919. The current office-holder is Sauli Niinistö.
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Paul Deschanel Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (] ; 13 February 1855 in Schaerbeek28 April 1922) was a French statesman. He served as President of France from 18 February to 21 September 1920.
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Georges Pianta Georges Pianta (2 March 1912, Thonon-les-Bains – 23 October 1997) was a French politician. He represented the National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP) (from 1958 to 1962), the Independent Republicans from 1962 to 1978 and the Union for French Democracy (UDF) from 1978 to 1981 in the National Assembly. He was the mayor of Thonon-les-Bains from 1944 to 1980.
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First Lady of Gabon The First Lady of Gabon is the title held by the wife of the President of Gabon. The current First Lady is Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, who has held the office since 2009.
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President of Italy The President of the Italian Republic (Italian: "Presidente della Repubblica Italiana" ) is the head of state of Italy and, in that role, represents national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Constitution. The president's term of office lasts for seven years. The 11th President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, was elected on 10 May 2006, and elected to a second term for the first time in Italian Republic history, on 20 April 2013. On 31 January 2015, the incumbent President, former Constitutional judge Sergio Mattarella, was elected at the fourth ballot with 665 votes out of 1,009.
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Gabonese general election, 1967 General elections were held in Gabon on 19 March 1967 to elect a President and the National Assembly. Incumbent Léon M'ba of the Gabonese Democratic Bloc was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed. In the National Assembly election the Gabonese Democratic Bloc was the only party to contest the election, and won all 47 seats. Voter turnout was 99.4%.
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Jacques Teuira Jacques "Jacky" Teuira (born 1933) was the President of French Polynesia from February 12, 1987 to December 9, 1987.
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Seychellois presidential election, 2001 Presidential elections were held in Seychelles on 31 August and 2 September 2001. They were won by the incumbent president, France-Albert René, who beat his nearest rival Wavel Ramkalawan by just under 5,000 votes.
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France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 France was represented by Jacqueline Boyer, with the song '"Tom Pillibi", at the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 29 March in London. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster RTF and went on to bring France their second Eurovision victory.
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny Félix Houphouët-Boigny (] ; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux (The Old One), was the first President of Ivory Coast (1960 to 1993), serving for more than three decades until his death. A tribal chief, he worked as a medical aide, union leader, and planter before being elected to the French Parliament. He served in several ministerial positions within the French government before leading Côte d'Ivoire following independence in 1960. Throughout his life, he played a significant role in politics and the decolonization of Africa.
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Lapiro de Mbanga Lambo Sandjo Pierre Roger (7 April 1957 – 16 March 2014), better known as Lapiro de Mbanga, was a Cameroonian singer who is noted for his 1985 recording of "Pas argent no love" and for being imprisoned in 2008 after criticising Cameroon president Paul Biya in the song "Constitution constipée" ("Constipated Constitution").
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Rómulo Betancourt Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981; ] ), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was the 47th and 54th President of Venezuela, serving from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Acción Democrática, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century.
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Cimetière des Rois The Cimetière des Rois (French: "Cemetery of Kings") (officially Cimetière de Plainpalais), is a cemetery in Geneva, Switzerland, where John Calvin (the Protestant reformer), Jorge Luis Borges (the Argentine author), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights), Ernest Ansermet (renowned Swiss conductor), and Jean Piaget (the noted developmental psychologist and epistemologist) are buried. The composer Frank Martin, Humphry Davy, Alberto Ginastera, Griselidis Real and Alice Rivaz, editor François Lachenal, Robert Musil and actor François Simon are also buried there. Politicians are also buried there, so is Adrien Lachenal (President of the confederation),Paul Lachenal, Antoine Carteret,Willy Donzé or Gustave Moynier (President of the red Cross).The cemetery is commonly named after la "rue des Rois" (French: "Kings Street") near which it is situated.
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Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia The Ngô Đình Diệm presidential visit to Australia from 2 to 9 September 1957 was an official visit by the first president of the Republic of Vietnam. It was part of a year of travelling for Diệm, who made official visits to the United States and other anti-communist countries. As with his American trip, Diệm was warmly and lavishly received during the height of the Cold War, garnering bipartisan praise from both the Liberal Party of Australia of Prime Minister Robert Menzies and the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP).