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De Gaulle was succeeded by Georges Pompidou (1969–1974), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981), François Mitterrand (1981–1995), and Jacques Chirac (since 1995).
Since 1970, there have been minor changes to the Constitution: removal of sections discussing the now defunct "French community", setting the length of the presidential term to 5 years like that of Parliament, establishing workable rules for the criminal responsibility of ministers for acts within their functions, and enab ...
The impetus behind the creation of the Fifth Republic was the Algerian Crisis. Although France had since parted with many of its colonies, such as many of those in West Africa and Southeast Asia, it still retained Algeria, which had a large French population which opposed decolonization. Algeria eventually became independent on July 5, 1962.
Charles de Gaulle used the crisis as an opportunity to create a new French government with a stronger office of president, which before was largely that of a figurehead. French presidents, as in p ...
