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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed May-25-11 05:39 PM
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7. Drumroll ... President Lebrun

No, me neither.

Only three foreign heads of state have addressed both Houses in the Hall: President Nelson Mandela in 1996, President Charles de Gaulle in 1960 and President Lebrun in 1939.

http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/westminsterhall/contemporary-context/ceremonies-public-events-today/

(Not counting the Pope as head of state of the Vatican, it seems)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fran%C3%A7ois_Lebrun : president of France at the start of WW2

(Apologies to anyone who had heard of him that I assume you share my ignorance - I've never heard of him in any history of the war, for instance)

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