<P> He was among the fathers of the Republican Constitution being member of the Constitutional assembly also as speaker of the house . He was a candidate to be the first Italian President elected by the Parliament . </P> <P> Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (French pronunciation: (ʒɔʁʒ klemɑ̃so); 28 September 1841--24 November 1929) was a French statesman, physician, and journalist . He served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920 . He is commonly nicknamed "Le Tigre" (The Tiger) and "Père - la - Victoire" (Father Victory) for his determination as a wartime leader . </P> <P> "Succeeding Paul Painlevé as premier in November 1917, Clemenceau formed a coalition cabinet in which he was also minister of war . He renewed the dispirited morale of France, persuaded the allies to agree to a unified command, and pushed the war vigorously until the final victory . Leading the French delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, Clemenceau insisted on Germany's disarmament and was never satisfied with the Versailles Treaty . He was the main antagonist of Woodrow Wilson, whose ideas he viewed as too idealistic ." For nearly the final year of World War I he led France, and was one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference in the aftermath of the war . Clemenceau was hoping that there would be more punishment put on Germany, his efforts undermining the treaty and becoming a primary cause of the second World War . </P> <P> While the Allies at the Paris Peace Conference made up more than twenty nations, the Big Four entered Versailles and were leading architects of the Treaty of Versailles which was signed by Germany; the Treaty of St. Germain, with Austria; the Treaty of Neuilly, with Bulgaria; the Treaty of Trianon, with Hungary; and the Treaty of Sèvres, with the Ottoman Empire . During the decision - making of the Treaty of Versailles, Orlando temporarily pulled out of the conference because Italian demands were not met, leaving the other three countries as the sole major architects of the talk, referred to as the "Big Three". The Italian delegation returned after 11 days . </P>

Who were the big four and what were their goals