    marie franÃ§ois sadi carnot (; 11 august 1837 â 25 june 1894) was a french statesman and the fourth president of the third french republic. he served as the president of france from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. ==early life== marie was the son of the statesman hippolyte carnot and was born in limoges, haute-vienne. his third given name sadi was in honour of his uncle nicolas lÃ©onard sadi carnot, a physicist who excelled in thermodynamics. like his uncle, marie too came to be known as sadi carnot. he was educated as a civil engineer, and was a highly distinguished student at both the Ãcole polytechnique and the Ãcole des ponts et chaussÃ©es. after his academic course he obtained an appointment in the public service. his hereditary republicanism caused the government of national defence to entrust him in 1870 with the task of organizing resistance in the dÃ©partements of the eure, calvados and seine-infÃ©rieure, and he was made prefect of seine-infÃ©rieure in january 1871. in the following month he was elected to the french national assembly by the dÃ©partement cÃ´te-d'or. in august 1878 he was appointed secretary to the minister of public works. he became minister in september 1880 and again in april 1885, moving almost immediately to the ministry of finance, which post he held under both the ferry and the freycinet administrations until december 1886. ==presidency== [[file:petit journal carnot assassination 1894.jpg|thumb|right|depiction of carnot's assassinati
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