“Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.”
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René Coty
Gustave Jules René Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president of the Fourth French Republic.
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politics · President of France from 1954 to 1959 · politician · lawyer · also René Coty, Rene Jules Gustave Coty, Coty
Born 20 March 1882 · Died 22 November 1962 · Q158768
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1967· 1 entry
“Le Général de Gaulle et la construction de l'Europe”
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1962· 1 entry
Died 1962-11-22.
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1958· 3 entries
On 29 May of that year, President Coty appealed to Charles de Gaulle, the "most illustrious of Frenchmen" to become the last Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic
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“in the whole of Algeria there is only [one] category of inhabitant: there are none here but fully-fledged Frenchmen, fully-fledged Frenchmen with the same rights and the same duties.”
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“Carnets secrets de la politique”
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1957).
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1955).
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1954· 5 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders (1954).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (1954).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1954).
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Career landmark: French co-prince of Andorra (1954–1959).
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Career landmark: President of the French Republic (1954–1959).
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1953· 1 entry
Although it was thought unlikely that he would be elected
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1949· 1 entry
Career landmark: substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1949–1954).
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1948· 1 entry
Career landmark: Senator of the French Fifth Republic (1948–1953).
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1947· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Reconstruction and Urban Development (1947–1948).
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1946· 1 entry
As a Deputy for Seine-Inférieure, and from November 1947 to September 1948, he served as Minister for Reconstruction and Urban Planning in the governments of Robert Schuman and André Marie
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1945· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1945–1948).
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1936· 1 entry
Coty was elected to the Senate for Seine-Inférieure
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1923· 1 entry
Succeeding Jules Siegfried as Deputy for Seine-Inférieure
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-03-20.
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