Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Leader of the Free French Forces
In office
18 June 1940 – 3 July 1944
Preceded by
Third French Republic
Succeeded by
Provisional Government of
the French Republic
President of the Provisional Government of
the French Republic
In office
3 July 1944 – 20 January 1946
Succeeded by
Felix Gouin
Prime Minister of France
In office
1 June 1958 – 8 January 1959
President
René Coty
Preceded by
Pierre Pflimlin
Succeeded by Michel Debré
Minister of Defense
In office
1 June 1958 – 8 January 1959
President
René Coty
Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by
Pierre de Chevigné
Succeeded by
Pierre Guillaumat
18th President of the French Republic &
Co-Prince of Andorra
In office
8 January 1959 – 28 April 1969
Prime Minister Michel Debré (1959–1961)
Georges Pompidou
(1962–1968)
Maurice Couve de Murville
(1968–1969)
Preceded by
René Coty
Succeeded by
Alain Poher (interim)
Georges Pompidou
Born
22 November
1890(1890-11-22)
Lille, France
Died
9 November 1970 (aged 79)
Colombey-les-Deux-Églises,
France
Political party
Rally of the French People
(1947-1955)
Union for the New Republic
(1958–1968)
Union of Democrats for the
Republic (1968–1970)
Spouse
Yvonne de Gaulle
Occupation
Military
Religion
Roman Catholic
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (
listen ), French pronunciation: [də ˈɡoːl], English
generally pronounced /də ˈɡɔːl/; 22 November
1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French gen-
eral and statesman who led the Free French
Forces during World War II. He later founded
the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served
as its first President from 1959 to 1969.[1] In
France, he is commonly referred to as
Général de Gaulle or simply Le Général, or
familiarly as "le Grand Charles".
A veteran of World War I, in the 1920s
and 1930s de Gaulle came to the fore as a
proponent of armored warfare and advocate
of military aviation, which he considered a
means to break the stalemate of trench
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Charles de Gaulle
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warfare. During World War II, he reached the
rank of Brigadier Ge