Antonin Dubost
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Antonin Dubost (6 April 1842 – 16 April 1921) was a French journalist, State Councillor and Senator. He served as President of the French Senate from 1906 to 1920. He was a member of the Republican Union and later an Independent Radical.
Dubost was born at L'Arbresle, Rhône. He was a candidate for President of the French Republic in 1913.[1][2] As President of the Senate during all of the first World War, he was a strong advocate of forcing Germany to make reparations.[3]
He co-authored a book on the history of legal enforcement, studying the use of imprisonment and deportation.[4] He died in Paris, aged 79.