French Fourth Republic
French Republic République française (French) | |||||||||||
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| 1946–1958 | |||||||||||
 National emblem (unofficial) | |||||||||||
| Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | |||||||||||
| Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | |||||||||||
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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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| Today part of |  France Algeria | ||||||||||
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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.
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 | change source]- ↑ Excluding Alsace-Moselle
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Crozier, Brian; Mansell, Gerard (July 1960). "France and Algeria". International Affairs. 36 (3): 310–321. doi:10.2307/2610008. JSTOR 2610008. S2CID 153591784.
