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 and began his career as a lawyer in Toulouse. A committed socialist, Auriol co-founded the newspaper Le Midi Socialiste in 1908; he was head of the Association of Journalists in Toulouse at this time. Auriol entered the Chamber of Deputies as a socialist in 1914 as a representative for Muret; a year later he was elected mayor of Toulouse. After the breakup of the Parti Socialiste Unifé in 1920, Auriol became a founding member of the socialist SFIO party, opposed to the ...

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Vincent Auriol, Vincent Auriol - Early life and politics, Vincent Auriol - Postwar life and presidency

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1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1947 - Events. January 1 - British mines nationalized January 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time January 10 - United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste January 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is ...

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1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) 1966 - Events. 1966 - January. January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 - Strike of public transportation workers in New York City - ends January 13 January 3 - First Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco January 4 - Military coup in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso).Including:

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General Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle (listen ▶ (help·info)) (November 22, 1890-November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as général De Gaulle or Le Général, was a French military leader and statesman. Prior to World War II he was mostly known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was the leader of Free France in World War II and head of the provisional go ...

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Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963), reigned as the 261st Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from October 28, 1958 until his death in 1963. Pope John XXIII - Earlier life. Angelo Roncalli was born in a hospital (Province of Bergamo), Italy, on November 25, 1881. The fourth in a family of 13, his family worked as sharecroppers, a striking contrast to his predecessor, Eugenio Pacelli, who came from ...

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Changes 23 December 1946 - Augustin Laurent succeeds Moutet as Minister of Overseas France. ...

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Léon Blum, Léon Blum - Blum's First Government 4 June 1936 - 22 June 1937, Léon Blum - Blum's Second Ministry 13 March - 10 April 1938, Léon Blum - Blum's Third Government 16 December 1946 - 22 January 1947, Léon Blum - Bibliography

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With the Algerian conflict behind, De Gaulle was able to achieve his two main objectives: To reform and develop the French economy, and to promote an independent foreign policy and a strong stance of France on the international stage. This was the so-called "politics of grandeur" (politique de grandeur). Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years. In the context of a population boom unseen in France since the 18th century, the government under prime minister Georges Pompidou oversaw a rapid transform ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958–1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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1966 - January. January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 - Strike of public transportation workers in New York City - ends January 13 January 3 - First Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco January 4 - Military coup in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso). January 4 - Prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow January 5 - Fire due to a gas leak in Feyzin oil refi ...

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Marshal of France - Eleven Marshals created by Henry IV between 1592 and 1602. 1592 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Duc de Bouillon, (1555 - 1523) 1594 Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron (1562 - 1602) Claude de La Chatre, Baron de la Maisonfort (1536 - 1614) Jean de Montluc de Balagny, (1560 - 1603) 1595 Jean III de Baumanoir, Marquis of Lavardin and Count of Nègrepelisse (1551 - 1614) Henri, Duk ...

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Marshal of France, Marshal of France - Marshals of France, Marshal of France - Capetiens, Marshal of France - Six Marshals under Philip Augustus 1180 - 1223, Marshal of France - Eight Marshals under Saint Louis 1226-1270, Marshal of France - Four Marshals under Philip the Bold 1270-1285, Marshal of France - Six Marshals under Philip the Fair 1285-1314, Marshal of France - One Marshal under Louis X 1314-1316, Marshal of France - Three Marshals under Philip V 1316-1322, Marshal of France - One Marshal under Charles IV 1322-1328, Marshal of France - Valois, Marshal of France - Five Marshals under Philip VI of Valois 1328 - 1350, Marshal of France - Four Marshals under John the Good 1350-1364, Marshal of France - Two Marshals under Charles the Wise 1364-1380, Marshal of France - Nine Marshals under Charles the Beloved 1380-1422, Marshal of France - Six Marshals under Charles VII 1422-1461, Marshal of France - Four Marshals under Louis XI 1461-1483, Marshal of France - Two Marshals under Charles VIII 1483-1498, Marshal of France - Valois-Orléans, Marshal of France - Four Marshals under Louis XII 1498-1515, Marshal of France - Valois-Angoulême, Marshal of France - Twelve Marshals under François I 1515-1547, Marshal of France - Five Marshals created by Henry II 1547 - 1559, Marshal of France - One Marshal created by François II in 1559, Marshal of France - Five Marshals under Charles IX de 1560 à 1574, Marshal of France - Seven Marshals under Henry III 1574-1589, Marshal of France - Bourbons, Marshal of France - Eleven Marshals created by Henry IV between 1592 and 1602, Marshal of France - Thirty-four Marshals created by Louis XIII between 1613 and 1643, Marshal of France - Fifty-one Marshals created by Louis XIV between 1643 and 1715, Marshal of France - Thirty-four Marshals under Louis XV from 1715 - 1774, Marshal of France - Twenty Marshals named by Louis XVI 1774 - 1792, Marshal of France - French Empire, Marshal of France - The Second Restoration 1815 - 1830, Marshal of France - Constitutional monarchy, Marshal of France - The Second Republic, Marshal of France - The Second Empire, Marshal of France - The Third Republic, Marshal of France - The Fourth Republic, Marshal of France - The Fifth Republic

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Unlike many other European presidents, the office of the French President is quite a powerful one, especially in matters of foreign policy. Although it is the prime minister and parliament that oversee much of the nation's actual lawmaking, the French President wields significant influence, both formally and resulting from constitutional convention. The president holds the nation's most senior office, and he or she outranks all other politicians. Perhaps the president's greatest power is his or her ability to choose the prime minister ...

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President of the French Republic, President of the French Republic - Presidential powers, President of the French Republic - Election, President of the French Republic - Current constitutional powers, President of the French Republic - Succession, President of the French Republic - Other information, President of the French Republic - History, President of the French Republic - Presidents of France, President of the French Republic - External link

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1947 - January. January 1 - British mines nationalized January 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time January 10 - United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste January 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is found murdered January 16 - Inauguration of Vincent Auriol as a president of France January ...

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While since the 19th century the judicial review that the Conseil d'État brings to bear on the acts of the executive branch has played an increasingly large role, France long has been reticent about judicial review of legislative branch actions. The argument was that un-elected judges should not be able to overrule directly the decisions of the democratically-elected legislature. This may also have reflected the poor impression that the political action of the parlements – courts of justice under the ancien régime monarchy – had left: ...

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Constitutional Council of France, Constitutional Council of France - Membership, Constitutional Council of France - Powers and tasks, Constitutional Council of France - History and evolution

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With the Algerian conflict behind, de Gaulle was able to achieve his two main objectives: To reform and develop the French economy, and to promote an independent foreign policy and a strong stance of France on the international stage. This was the so-called "politics of grandeur" (politique de grandeur). Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years. In the context of a population boom unseen in France since the 18th century, the government under prime minister Georges Pompidou oversaw a rapid transform ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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See National Front for a summary of Le Pen's political proposals. Le Pen is a controversial figure in France, but he consistently receives about 15%-18% of the vote. Opinions regarding Le Pen tend to be quite strong; a 2002 IPSOS poll showed that while 22% of the electorate have a good or very good opinion of Mr Le Pen, and 13% a favorable opinion, 61% have a very unfavorable opinion [1]. Le Pen and former National Front leader Bruno Mégret top the un ...

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen - Biography, Jean-Marie Le Pen - Political career, Jean-Marie Le Pen - Controversy, Jean-Marie Le Pen - Quotes, Jean-Marie Le Pen - Notes

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A fringe of conservative Catholics—those who disagree with Vatican II—have derided Pope John's influence in calling the council, seeing in him the beginnings of a movement away from the "true faith". According to one theory, Pope John was actually an antipope, and the real pope was Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, elected in the 1958 conclave when what may have been white smoke was first seen. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) allegedly claimed that Siri had indeed been elected on the third ballot of the 1958 p ...

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Pope John XXIII, Pope John XXIII - Earlier life, Pope John XXIII - Papacy, Pope John XXIII - Legacy, Pope John XXIII - Modern conspiracy theories, Pope John XXIII - Footnotes

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Changes 12 June 1958 - André Malraux enters the cabinet as Minister of Radio, Television, and Press 14 June 1958 - Guy Mollet becomes Minister of General Civil Servants Status 7 July 1958 - Bernard Chenot enters the cabinet as Minister of Public Health and Population. Jacques Soustelle succeeds Malraux as Minister of Information. 23 July 1958 - Antoine Pinay becomes Minister of Economic Affairs, remaining also Minister of Finance. ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958–1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government, 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry, 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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In the November 1958 elections, de Gaulle and his supporters (initially organised in the Union pour la Nouvelle République-Union Démocratique du Travail, then the Union des Démocrates pour la Vème République and later still the Union des Démocrates pour la République) won a comfortable majority, in December de Gaulle was elected President by the parliament with 78% of the vote, he was inaugurated in January 1959. He oversaw tough economic measures to revitalise the country, including the issuing of a new fr ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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De Gaulle's opposition to the proposed constitution failed as the parties of the left supported a weak presidency to prevent any repetition of the Vichy regime. The second draft constitution narrowly approved at the referendum of October 1946 was even less to de Gaulle's liking than the first. In April 1947 de Gaulle made a renewed attempt at transforming the political scene with the creation of the Rassemblement du Peuple Français (Rally of the French People, or RPF), but the movement lost impetus after initial success. In May 1953 he withdrew aga ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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The Fourth Republic was tainted by political instability, its failures in Indochina and its inability to resolve the Algerian question. On May 13, 1958, the settlers seized the government buildings in Algiers, attacking what they saw as French government weakness in the face of demands among the Arab majority for Algerian independence. A "Committee of Civil and Army Public Security" was created under the presidency of General Jacques Massu, a Gaullist sympathiser. General Raoul Salan, Commander-in-Chief in Algeria, announced on radio that the Army h ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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Young Charles de Gaulle chose a military career and spent four years at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (the French equivalent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York or the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst at Camberley in the United Kingdom). He graduated in 1912 and decided to join an infantry regiment when he could have joined an elite corps. During World War I, then Captain de Gaulle was severely wounded at the gruesome Battle of Verdun in March 1916, and left for dead on the battlefield. Still alive, he ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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