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Provisional Government of the French Republic
Gouvernement provisoire de la République française
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| 1944–1946 | |||||||||||||||
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Motto: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" |
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Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
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| Capital | Algiers (de facto, 3 June – 31 August 1944) Paris (de jure; de facto from 31 August 1944) |
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| Common languages | French | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Secular state (excluding Alsace-Lorraine) Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism (Alsace-Lorraine only) |
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| Government | Tripartisme | ||||||||||||||
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• 1944–1946
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Charles de Gaulle | ||||||||||||||
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• 1946
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Félix Gouin | ||||||||||||||
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• 1946
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Georges Bidault | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | ||||||||||||||
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• Proclamation of the GPRF
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3 June 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 June 1944 | |||||||||||||||
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• Provence landings
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15 August 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 August 1944 | |||||||||||||||
| 19 March 1945 | |||||||||||||||
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• Surrender of Germany
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8 May 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 October 1945 | |||||||||||||||
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• Proclamation of the Fourth Republic
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27 October 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | French franc | ||||||||||||||
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The Provisional Government of the French Republic (PGFR; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF) was an interim government of Free France between 1944 and 1946 after the liberation of continental France after Operations Overlord and Dragoon, and lasted until the creation of the French Fourth Republic.
List of Chairmen of the Provisional Government
| Portrait | Chairman | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | |
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| Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) |
3 June 1944 | 26 January 1946 | 1 year, 268 days | Independent | ||
| Félix Gouin (1884–1977) |
26 January 1946 | 24 June 1946 | 118 days | SFIO | ||
| Georges Bidault (1899–1983) |
24 June 1946 | 28 November 1946 | 188 days | MRP | ||
| Vincent Auriol (1884–1966) Acting |
28 November 1946 | 16 December 1946 | 18 days | SFIO | ||
| Léon Blum (1872–1950) |
16 December 1946 | 22 January 1947 | 37 days | SFIO | ||
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