Charles de Gaulle (22 November 1890 - 9 November 1970) led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France during the Second World War and chaired France's Provisional Government from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy. Following the 1958 Algiers crisis he became Prime Minister, commissioned a new constitution approved by referendum that established the Fifth Republic, and was elected President of France that same year, holding the office until his resignation in April 1969 after losing a referendum on decentralization. As president he pursued an independent foreign policy, withdrew France from NATO's integrated military command, developed France's own nuclear deterrent, making it the world's fourth nuclear power, and granted Algeria its independence.
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Political RoleChairman of the French Committee of National Liberation 1 Political RoleChairman of the French National Committee 1 Political RoleChairman, Provisional Govt of French Republic 1 Political Role Political RolePrime Minister of France 1 Connections
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890-9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who is famously known for leading the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and its puppet state of Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy back in France.
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22 November 1890
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9 November 1970
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22 November 1890
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9 November 1970
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Following the 1958 Algiers crisis he became Prime Minister, commissioned a new constitution approved by referendum that established the Fifth Republic, and was elected President of France that same year, holding the office until his resignation in April 1969 after losing a referendum on decentralization.
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He was subsequently elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969.
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