Yahoo Web Search

  1. Charles de Gaulle

    Charles de Gaulle

    President of France from 1959 to 1969

Search results

  1. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (/ d ə ˈ ɡ oʊ l, d ə ˈ ɡ ɔː l / də GOHL, də GAWL, French: [ʃaʁl(ə) də ɡol] ⓘ; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from ...

  2. May 31, 2024 · Charles de Gaulle, French soldier, writer, statesman, and architect of Frances Fifth Republic. He was the leader of the Free French resistance during World War II and served as president of France from 1958 until 1969.

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Charles de Gaulle rose from French soldier in World War I to exiled leader and, eventually, president of the Fifth Republic. He served as president from 1959 to 1969.

  4. Charles de Gaulle 's tenure as the 18th president of France officially began on 8 January 1959. In 1958, during the Algerian War, he came out of retirement and was appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty.

  5. Charles de Gaulle Biography. Charles de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who acted as leader of the Free French during the Second World War. One of the most influential French politicians of the Twentieth Century, he helped found the Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from ...

  6. Charles de Gaulle © De Gaulle was a French general and statesman, leader of the Free French during World War Two and the architect of the Fifth Republic. His political ideology, 'Gaullism',...

  7. www.britannica.com › summary › Charles-de-Gaulle-president-of-FranceCharles de Gaulle summary | Britannica

    Charles de Gaulle, (born Nov. 22, 1890, Lille, France—died Nov. 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises), French soldier, statesman, and architect of Frances Fifth Republic. He joined the army in 1913 and fought with distinction in World War I.

  8. May 23, 2018 · De Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie (1890–1970) French general and statesman, first president (1959–69) of the Fifth Republic. De Gaulle's experience of World War I (captured 1916), convinced him of the need to modernize the French army.

  9. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French army officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.

  10. De Gaulle was elected President of the French Republic and the African and Malagasy Community by an electoral college. The most urgent task concerned Algeria. De Gaulle made many visits to Algeria and made progress towards a solution for independence.

  1. People also search for