Georges Eugène Benjamin [jawrj yoo-jeen ben-juh-min,, yoo-jeen;; French zhawrzh œ-zhen ban-zha-man] /dʒɔrdʒ yuˈdʒin ˈbɛn dʒə mɪn,, ˈyu dʒin;; French ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), ("the Tiger") 1841–1929, French statesman, journalist, and editor: premier 1906–09, 1917–20.