French Fourth Republic
government of France between 1946 and 1958
The French Fourth Republic (French: Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution.
French Republic République française (French) | |||||||||||
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1946–1958 | |||||||||||
National emblem (unofficial) | |||||||||||
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | |||||||||||
Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | |||||||||||
Great Seal: | |||||||||||
Capital and largest city | Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E | ||||||||||
Official language | French | ||||||||||
Religion | Secular state[a] In Alsace-Moselle | ||||||||||
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 |
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• Constitutional referendum | 13 October 1946 | ||||||||||
• Fourth Republic | 27 October 1946 | ||||||||||
13 March 1954 | |||||||||||
• Toussaint Rouge | 1 November 1954 | ||||||||||
• Treaty of Brussels | 17 March 1948 | ||||||||||
• May crisis | 13 May 1958 | ||||||||||
• Constitutional referendum | 28 September 1958 | ||||||||||
4 October 1958 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1957 | 889,898 km2 (343,592 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Currency |
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ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||||
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Today part of | France Algeria |
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]
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