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French Republic
République française (French)
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1946–1958 | |||||||||||
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Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
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Capital and largest city
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Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E / 48.850°N 2.350°E |
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Official language | French | ||||||||||
Religion | Secular state
In Alsace-Moselle |
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Demonym(s) | French | ||||||||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||||
President | |||||||||||
• 1947–1954
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Vincent Auriol | ||||||||||
• 1954–1959
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René Coty | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1947 (first)
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Paul Ramadier | ||||||||||
• 1958–1959 (last)
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Charles de Gaulle | ||||||||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||||
Council of the Republic | |||||||||||
National Assembly | |||||||||||
Historical era |
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• Constitutional referendum
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13 October 1946 | ||||||||||
• Fourth Republic
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27 October 1946 | ||||||||||
13 March 1954 | |||||||||||
• Toussaint Rouge
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1 November 1954 | ||||||||||
• Treaty of Brussels
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17 March 1948 | ||||||||||
• May crisis
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13 May 1958 | ||||||||||
• Constitutional referendum
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28 September 1958 | ||||||||||
4 October 1958 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1957 | 889,898 km2 (343,592 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||||
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The French Fourth Republic (French: Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution.
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.

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