Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. Following the Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President René Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister. He commissioned a new constitution which was approved by voters in a referendum, establishing the Fifth Republic.
Background
- Born in
- Lille
- Educated at
- École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-CyrCollège Stanislas de ParisÉcole supérieure de guerre
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the Royal House of Chakri🏆 Order of the Redeemer🏆 Royal Order of Cambodia🏆 Royal Victorian Chain🏆 Victory Medal
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Trending topics shown first"I am not ill. But do not worry, one day, I will certainly die."
"The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times."
"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."
"I am retiring. I have a mission, and it is coming to an end … France may still one day need an image that is pure. She must be left this image. If Joan of Arc had married, she would no longer have bee…"
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1837
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Birth1880
Died
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