French Fourth Republic
government of France between 1946 and 1958
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The French Fourth Republic (French: Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution.
French Republic République française (French) | |||||||||||
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1946–1958 | |||||||||||
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Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | |||||||||||
Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | |||||||||||
Great Seal: | |||||||||||
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Capital and largest city | Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E | ||||||||||
Official language | French | ||||||||||
Religion | Secular state[a] | ||||||||||
Demonym(s) | French | ||||||||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||||
President | |||||||||||
• 1947–1954 | Vincent Auriol | ||||||||||
• 1954–1959 | René Coty | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1947 (first) | Paul Ramadier | ||||||||||
• 1958–1959 (last) | Charles de Gaulle | ||||||||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||||
Council of the Republic | |||||||||||
National Assembly | |||||||||||
Historical era | |||||||||||
13 October 1946 | |||||||||||
• Fourth Republic | 27 October 1946 | ||||||||||
13 March 1954 | |||||||||||
1 November 1954 | |||||||||||
17 March 1948 | |||||||||||
13 May 1958 | |||||||||||
28 September 1958 | |||||||||||
4 October 1958 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1957 | 889,898 km2 (343,592 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Currency | |||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||||
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It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic that was in place from 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War to 1940 during World War II, and suffered many of the same problems.[1]
Notes
change- ↑ Excluding Alsace-Moselle
References
change- ↑ Crozier, Brian; Mansell, Gerard (July 1960). "France and Algeria". International Affairs. 36 (3): 310–321. doi:10.2307/2610008. JSTOR 2610008. S2CID 153591784.