French Fourth Republic - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence
The Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) was a period of guerrilla strikes, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians on both side...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia - Presidential System
A presidential system, or a congressional system, is a system of government of a republic where the executive branch is elected separatel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence
A motion of no confidence, also called a motion of non confidence, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution Of France: Encyclopedia - Constitution Of France
The current Constitution of France was adopted on October 4, 1958, and has been amended 17 times, most recently on March 28, 2003. It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Iii: Encyclopedia - World War Iii
World War III is the name given to a hypothetical world war that would be fought after World War II. Most usages of the term include the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Cambodia - Struggle For Khmer Unity
Cambodia's situation at the end of the war was chaotic. The Free French, under General Charles de Gaulle, were determined to recover Indo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Fifth Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - French Fifth Republic - Foundation By Charles De Gaulle
The impetus behind the creation of the Fifth Republic was the Algerian Crisis. Although France had since parted with many of its colonies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France In Modern Times: Encyclopedia Ii - France In Modern Times - France And The French In The 20th Century
France in modern times - Geography. In 1914, the territory of France was different from today's France in two important ways : mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Guinea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Guinea - Independence
In 1958 the French Fourth Republic collapsed due to political instability and its failures in dealing with its colonies, especially Indoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of France - Historical Overview
History of France - Gaul. Settled mainly by Celtic peoples (that the Romans referred to as the "Gauls"), and apart from a shrinking are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leopard Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Leopard Tank - Development History
The Leopard project started in November, 1956 in order to develop a modern tank to replace the Bundeswehr's United States-built M-47 &am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of France - Historical Overview
History of France - Gaul. Main articles: Gaul and Roman Gaul Settled mainly by Celtic peoples (that the Romans referred to as the "Gaul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia Ii - Motion Of No Confidence - Variations
There are a number of variations in this procedure. For example, in Germany, Spain, and Israel, a vote of No Confidence requires that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen: Encyclopedia Ii - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Substance Of The Declaration
This statement of principles contained the kernel of a much more radical re-ordering of society than had yet taken place. A mere six week...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Participants In World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Participants In World War Ii - Alliances
World War II was primarily fought between two large alliances. The Axis Powers were a group of countries led by Nazi Germany and the Empi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliamentary System: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliamentary System - History
Main Article: History of Parliamentarism The modern parliamentary system has its roots in the Roman Republic's senate, which was essentia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Constitution Of France - Summary
The preamble of the constitution recalls the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen from 1789 and establishes France as a se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Reynaud: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Reynaud - Return To Government
Reynaud returned to the cabinet in 1938 as Minister of Justice under Édouard Daladier. The Munich crisis, which began not long after Rey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Participants In World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Participants In World War Ii - Alliances
World War II was primarily fought between two large alliances. The Axis Powers were a group of countries led by Nazi Germany and the Empi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Iii - Artistic Treatments
A vast post-apocalyptic science fiction literature exists describing the likely aftermath of either, describing the impact of weapons of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vincent Auriol: Encyclopedia Ii - Vincent Auriol - Early Life And Politics
Auriol was born in Revel, Haute-Garonne on August 27, 1884, the son of a butcher. He earned a law degree at the Collège de Revel in 1904...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - Conduct Of The War
From its origins in 1954 as ragtag maquisards numbering in the hundreds and armed with a motley assortment of hunting rifles and discarde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia Ii - Motion Of No Confidence - Variations
There are a number of variations in this procedure. For example, in Germany, Spain, and Israel, a vote of No Confidence requires that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Perceived Disadvantages Of Presidential Systems
Critics generally claim three basic disadvantages for presidential systems: Tendency towards authoritarianism — some political scienti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priory Of Sion: Encyclopedia Ii - Priory Of Sion - History
Priory of Sion - The Plantard Plot. The Priory of Sion is an association that was founded in 1956, in the French town of Annemasse. As ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia Ii - Motion Of No Confidence - Variations
There are a number of variations in this procedure. For example, in Germany, Spain, and Israel, a vote of No Confidence requires that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cohabitation Government: Encyclopedia Ii - Cohabitation Government - Cohabitation In Practice
Cohabitation government - France. Cohabitation was a product of the French Fifth Republic. This constitution brought together a potent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Cambodia - French Colonial Occupation
In October of 1887, the French announced the formation of the Union Indochinoise (Indochinese Union), which at that time comprised Cambod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Cambodia - The Economy During The French Colonial Occupation
Not long after the French first established an autonomous presence in Cambodia in 1863, the French realized their dream of Cambodia becom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Iii - Technological Causes Of Ww3
The term Gigadeath War, first used by Hugo De Garis, described a confrontation not between nations or religions but between Terrans and C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Guinea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Guinea - Colonial Era
The slave trade came to the coastal region of Guinea with European adventurers in the 16th century. Slavery had always been part of every...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Reynaud: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Reynaud - Early Life And Politics
Reynaud was born in Barcelonnette, France. His father had made a fortune in the textile industry, enabling Reynaud to study law at the So...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Reynaud: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Reynaud - Prime Minister And Arrest
Although Reynaud was increasingly popular, the Chamber of Deputies elected Reynaud premier by only a single vote with most of his own par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Reynaud: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Reynaud - Postwar Life
After the war, Reynaud was made again a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1946. Reynaud was in several cabinet positions in the postwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vincent Auriol: Encyclopedia Ii - Vincent Auriol - Postwar Life And Presidency
After the war, Auriol presided over the constituent assemblies that drafted the constitution of the short-lived French Fourth Republic. H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliamentary System: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliamentary System - Parliamentarism And Party Formation
Traditionally, parties in parliamentary systems have had much tighter ideological cohesiveness than parties in presidential systems. It w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia Ii - Motion Of No Confidence - Prime Ministers Defeated By Votes Of No Confidence
See also: Examples of defeats by Motions of Confidence Motion of no confidence - Australia. James Scullin (1931) Arthur Fadden (1941) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Guinea: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Guinea - Empires
The modern state of Guinea did not come into existence until 1898 but the history of the area stretches back much further. West Africa sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia Ii - Motion Of No Confidence - Prime Ministers Defeated By Votes Of No Confidence
Motion of no confidence - Australia. James Scullin (1931) Arthur Fadden (1941) Malcolm Fraser (1975)[1] Motion of no confidence - Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia Ii - Motion Of No Confidence - Prime Ministers Defeated By Votes Of No Confidence
Motion of no confidence - Australia. James Scullin (1931) Arthur Fadden (1941) Malcolm Fraser (1975)[1] Motion of no confidence - Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial Cambodia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colonial Cambodia - Emergence Of Khmer Nationalism
Unlike Vietnam, Cambodian nationalism was politically quiet during the early 1900s. This was probably so because of the reigning monarch ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliamentary System: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliamentary System - Parliamentarism And Party Formation
Traditionally, parties in parliamentary systems have had much tighter ideological cohesiveness than parties in presidential systems. It w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Perceived Advantages Of Presidential Systems
Supporters generally claim four basic advantages for presidential systems: Direct mandate — in a presidential system, the president is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Types Of Presidents
Many countries with a president as head of state do not operate under what is described as a presidential system. Many parliamentary nati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Differences From A Cabinet System
A number of key theoretical differences exist between a presidential and a cabinet system: In a presidential system, the central princip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - The Reality
In reality, elements of both systems overlap. Though a president in a presidential system does not have to choose a government answerable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential System: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential System - Democracies With A Presidential System Of Government
United States of America, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia, Philippines, Argentina, Peru, Chile, & Afghanistan, most states in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - War Dead
The FLN estimated in 1962 that nearly eight years of revolution had cost 300,000 dead from war-related causes. Algerian sources later put...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - The Pieds-noirs' And Harkis' Exodus
Pieds-noirs (including Jews) and harkis accounted for 13% of the total population of Algeria in 1962. For the sake of clarity, each group...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - Philippeville
An important watershed in the War of Independence was the massacre of civilians by the FLN near the town of Philippeville in August 1955....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - Committee Of Public Safety
Recurrent cabinet crises focused attention on the inherent instability of the French Fourth Republic and increased the misgivings of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - De Gaulle
A lot of people, French citizens or not, greeted Charles de Gaulle's return to power as the breakthrough needed to end the hostilities. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - The Evian Accords
The "generals' putsch" marked the turning point in the official attitude toward the Algerian war. De Gaulle was now prepared to abandon t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Constitution Of France - Impact With Respect To Personal Freedoms
Prior to 1971, though executive, administrative and judicial decisions had to comply with the general principles of law (jurisprudence de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen: Encyclopedia Ii - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Adoption Of The Declaration
The Declaration was drafted by the Marquis de Lafayette and was adopted by the National Assembly, it was intended as part of a transition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliamentary System: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliamentary System - Criticisms Of Parliamentarianism
A main criticism of many parliamentary systems is that the head of government cannot be directly voted on. Often, an electorate will be s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - Fln
The FLN uprising presented nationalist groups with the question of whether to adopt armed revolt as the main mode of action. During the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Iii - Historical Scenarios
When asked what kind of weapons World War III would be fought with, Albert Einstein replied: "I know not with what weapons World War III...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Iii - Use Of The Term
World War III - Cold War. The term World War III has been used by Project for the New American Century (PNAC) to describe the Cold War ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliamentary System: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliamentary System - Advantages Of A Parliamentary System
It could be argued that a parliamentary system is more accountable than a presidential system, since power is not divided. In a parliamen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliamentary System: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliamentary System - The Features Of A Parliamentary System
The executive is typically a cabinet, and headed by a prime minister who is considered the head of government, but parliamentarism has al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen: Encyclopedia Ii - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Effect Today
According to the preamble of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic (adopted on October 4, 1958, and the current constitution as o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France In Modern Times: Encyclopedia Ii - France In Modern Times - Historical Overview
France in modern times - From World War I to World War II. World War I (1914-1918) brought great losses of troops and resources . Fough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Fifth Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - French Fifth Republic - After De Gaulle
De Gaulle was succeeded by Georges Pompidou (1969–1974), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981), François Mitterrand (1981–1995), a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motion Of No Confidence: Encyclopedia Ii - Motion Of No Confidence - Prime Ministers Defeated By Votes Of No Confidence
Australia James Scullin (1931) Arthur Fadden (1941) Malcolm Fraser (1975)[1] Canada Arthur Meighen (1926) John George Diefenbaker (196...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Iii - Technological Causes Of Ww3
The term Gigadeath War, first used by Hugo De Garis, described a confrontation not between nations or religions but between Terrans and C...   » Read the article