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President of France from to

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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle^[a][b] (22 November &#;&#; 9 November ) was a French military 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 to to restore democracy in France.

In , amid the Algerian War, he came out of retirement when appointed Prime Minister by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in

Born in Lille, he was a decorated officer of the First World War, wounded several times and taken prisoner by the Germans.

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