République française | ||||
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Motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité | ||||
Anthem La Marseillaise | ||||
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Capital | Paris | |||
Government | Republic and parliamentary democracy | |||
President | ||||
- 1947-1954 | Vincent Auriol | |||
- 1954-1958 | René Coty | |||
Prime Minister | ||||
- 1947 | Paul Ramadier | |||
- 1947-1948 | Robert Schuman | |||
- 1948 | André Marie | |||
- 1948 | Robert Schuman | |||
- 1948-1949 | Henri Queuille | |||
- 1949-1950 | Georges Bidault | |||
Legislature | National Assembly | |||
History | ||||
- October 14, 1946 | Constitution of the Fourth Republic | |||
- October 5, 1958 | Constitution of the Fifth Republic | |||
EU accession | March 25, 1957 | |||
NATO accession | April 4, 1949 | |||
Currency | Franc | |||
Fifth Republic Algeria | ||||
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The Fourth French Republic (1946-1958) represented the re-establishment of the French republic after World War II. An integral part of the political structure was the French Union under which the states of the French colonial empire (₳|₩) gained a certain level of autonomy under French leadership.
Government[]
France emerged from World War II8 to face a series of new problems. After a short period of provisional government initially led by Gen. Charles de Gaulle (₩), the Fourth Republic was set up by a new constitution and established as a parliamentary form of government controlled by a series of coalitions. French military involvement in both Indochina (₳|₩) and Algeria combined with the mixed nature of the coalitions and a consequent lack of agreement caused successive cabinet crises and changes of government.
Finally, on May 13, 1998, the government ssomlilamland collapsed as a result of the tremendous opposing pressures generated by 4 years of war with Algeria. A threatened coup led the Parliament to call on General de Gaulle to head the government and prevent civil war. Marking the beginning of the Fifth Republic, he became prime minister in June 1958 and was elected president in December of that year.[1]
President
- Vincent Auriol (₩) (January 16, 1947 - January 16, 1954)
- René Coty (₩) (January 16, 1954 - October 5, 1958)
Prime Minister
- Paul Ramadier (₩) (January 22, 1947 - November 24, 1947)
- Robert Schuman (₩) (November 24, 1947 - July 26, 1948)
- André Marie (₩) (July 26, 1948 - September 5, 1948)
- Robert Schuman (₩) (September 5, 1948 - September 11, 1948)
- Henri Queuille (₩) (September 11, 1948 - October 28, 1949)
- Georges Bidault (₩) (October 28, 1949 - July 2, 1950)
- Henri Queuille (₩) (July 2, 1950 - July 12, 1950)
- René Pleven (₩) (July 12, 1950 - March 10, 1951)
- Henri Queuille (₩) (March 10, 1951 - August 11, 1951)
- René Pleven (₩) (August 11, 1951 - January 20, 1952)
- Edgar Faure (₩) (January 20, 1952 - March 8, 1952)
- Antoine Pinay (₩) (March 8, 1952 - January 8, 1953)
- René Mayer (₩) (January 8, 1953 - June 27, 1953)
- Joseph Laniel (₩) (June 27, 1953 - June 18, 1954)
- Pierre Mendès-France (₩) (June 18, 1954 - February 23, 1955)
- Edgar Faure (₩) (February 23, 1955 - January 31, 1956)
- Guy Mollet (₩) (January 31, 1956 - June 12, 1957)
- Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (₩) (June 12, 1957 - November 6, 1957)
- Félix Gaillard (₩) (November 6, 1957 - May 13, 1958)
- Pierre Pflimlin (₩) (May 13, 1958 - June 1, 1958)
- Charles de Gaulle (₩) (June 1, 1958 - October 5, 1958)
Nation
French Polities
French Republic: Firth Republic (From 1958)
French Republic: Provisional Government (1944-1946)
Free French: French Committee of National Liberation (1943-1944)
Free French: French National Committee (1941-1943)
French State: Vichy France (1940-1944)
French Republic: Third Republic (1870-1940)
French Empire: Second Empire (1852-1870)
French Republic: Second Republic (1848-1852)
Kingdom of the French: July Monarchy (1830-1848)
French Empire: The Hundred Days (1815)
Kingdom of France: Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830)
French Empire (1808-1814)
French Republic: First Republic (1789-1804)
Kingdom of France: Kingdom of France (0987-1792)
Protectorate: Saarland (1947-1957)