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Charles de Gaulle former home during WWII (The Connaught hotel)
View on map:51.510144°N 0.149819°W
Description
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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French pronunciation:
[ʃaʁl də ɡol]
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;
[1]
22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led
Free France
against
Nazi Germany
in
World War II
and chaired the
Provisional Government of the French Republic
from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in
France
. In 1958, he came out of retirement when appointed
President of the Council of Ministers
(Prime Minister) by President
René Coty
. He rewrote the
Constitution of France
and founded the
Fifth Republic
after approval by
referendum
. He was elected
President of France
later that year, a position to which he was
reelected
in 1965 and held until his resignation in 1969.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles de Gaulle
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