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    Charles de Gaulle's tenure as the 18th president of France officially began on 8 January 1959. In 1958, during the Algerian War, he came out of retirement...
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  • The foreign policy of Charles de Gaulle covers the diplomacy of Charles de Gaulle as French leader 1940–1946 and 1959–1969, along with his followers and...
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  • List of indirect presidential elections in France Presidency of Charles de Gaulle Philip Thody (1989). French Caesarism from Napoleon I to Charles de Gaulle...
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    Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against...
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  • Petit-Clamart attack (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    with the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) that aimed to kill Charles de Gaulle, president of France at the time. The attack was carried out on 22 August...
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    as President of France from 1969 to his death in 1974. He previously served as Prime Minister of France under President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to...
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    President Charles de Gaulle, upon his return to power in 1958, solidified the initial vision into the well-defined concept of a fully independent Force de Frappe...
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    At the outbreak of World War II, Charles de Gaulle was put in charge of the French Fifth Army's tanks (five scattered battalions, largely equipped with...
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    1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. As foreign minister he played the leading role in the critical Franco-German treaty of cooperation in...
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    Anne-Marie de Gaulle (French pronunciation: [ivɔn ʃaʁlɔt an maʁi də ɡol]; née Vendroux [vɑ̃dʁu]; 22 May 1900 – 8 November 1979) was the wife of Charles de Gaulle...
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    1965 French presidential election (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    incumbent president Charles de Gaulle would be re-elected, but the election was notable for the unexpectedly strong performance of his left-wing challenger...
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    current republican system of government. It was established on 4 October 1958 by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic. The Fifth...
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    Vive le Québec libre (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    Quebec!') was a phrase in a speech delivered by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal, Quebec on July 24, 1967, during an official visit to...
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    Charles de Gaulle's trip to South America was a series of state visits made by the first president of the French Fifth Republic to South America between...
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  • Résistancialisme (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    emerge. Georges Pompidou who had not been part of the résistance, succeeded de Gaulle to the French Presidency in 1969. In a desire to formally end "this...
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    French Community (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    caused the end of the Fourth Republic. General Charles de Gaulle was recalled to power and a new constitution was written. Initially De Gaulle seemed to confirm...
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    sanctions for any acts committed prior to the ceasefire. French President Charles de Gaulle wanted to maintain French interests in the area, including industrial...
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  • Constantine Plan (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    introduced in 1958 by President Charles de Gaulle during the height of the Algerian War in an attempt to quell uprisings of Algerian independence. The plan...
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  • Martel affair (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    throughout French military intelligence and even within French President Charles de Gaulle's cabinet. He claimed that these agents had access to any NATO document...
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    political party of France that existed from 1967 to 1976. The UDR was the successor to Charles de Gaulle's earlier party, the Rally of the French People...
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    Michel Debré (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from...
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    Trente Glorieuses (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    ('The Glorious Three'), the three days of revolution on 27–29 July 1830 in France. As early as 1944, Charles de Gaulle introduced a dirigiste economic policy...
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  • known as the putsch of the generals (Putsch des généraux), was a failed coup d'état intended to force French President Charles de Gaulle not to abandon French...
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    1969 French constitutional referendum (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    was rejected by 52.4% of voters, and failure of the amendments led to President Charles de Gaulle's resignation. The first part of the project aimed to...
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  • Plan Calcul (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    activities. The plan was approved in July 1966 by President Charles de Gaulle, in the aftermath of two key events that made his government worry about French...
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    1962 French presidential election referendum (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    members of Parliament, members of the departmental assemblies, and representatives of cities, towns and villages (such as mayors). Charles de Gaulle was elected...
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  • Dirigisme (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    coinage of the term Trente Glorieuses (the "Glorious Thirty [years]"). Dirigisme flourished under the conservative governments of Charles de Gaulle and Georges...
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    Saint-Pierre, Nantes In the 1960s under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle, eight large regional cities of France (Lille, Nancy, Strasbourg, Lyon, Nantes...
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    Georges Pompidou, formerly Prime Minister under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle, was elected President of France for a seven-year term. However, he died...
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  • Specialized Administrative Sections (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    sections was published in a presidential decree by the French President Charles de Gaulle No. 019-59 dated September 2, 1959. The SAS was organized into four-man...
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