The Financial Times: Correction: Vincent Auriol
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Vincent Auriol
Vincent Jules Auriol was President of France from 1947 to 1954. A member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), he was the first president elected under the Fourth Republic. His presidential term was marked by the Indochina War, the implementation of the Monnet Plan for modernisation, as well as France joining the Council of Europe and NATO as a founding member.
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politics · President of France from 1947 to 1954 · politician · lawyer · French resistance fighter · jurist · head of government · finance minister · also Vincent Auriol, Auriol
Born 27 August 1884 · Died 1 January 1966 · Q158772
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2005· 1 entry
World Socialist Web Site: Paris: As authorities launch murder enquiry into Vincent-Auriol fire, thousands march in anger and solidarity
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1966· 1 entry
Died 1966-01-01.
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1965· 1 entry
Endorsed François Mitterrand for the presidency
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1960· 1 entry
To protest the growing power of Charles de Gaulle's presidency
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1958· 1 entry
At the establishment of the French Fifth Republic; he resigned from the SFIO in the same year
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1953).
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1951· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1951).
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And in 1953 the French overthrew Mohammed V, the Sultan of Morocco, after he demanded greater autonomy
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1950· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (1950).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1950).
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1948· 1 entry
And again in 1953 in response to the Joseph Laniel government's austerity program
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1947· 3 entries
Initiated by the Confédération Générale du Travail
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Career landmark: President of the French Republic (1947–1954).
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Career landmark: French co-prince of Andorra (1947–1954).
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1946· 6 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite (1946).
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Career landmark: president (1946–1947).
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Career landmark: speaker (1946–1946).
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Career landmark: president (1946–1946).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1946–1947).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1946–1946).
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1945· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1945–1946).
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1937· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Justice (1937–1938).
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1936· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1936–1942).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1936–1937).
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1932· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1932–1936).
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1928· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1928–1932).
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1925· 1 entry
Career landmark: Mayor of Muret (1925–1947).
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1924· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1924–1928).
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1919· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1919–1924).
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1914· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1914–1919).
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Auriol entered the Chamber of Deputies as a Socialist deputy for Muret, a position he retained until 1942
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Auriol served in government under the Third Republic as Minister of Finance (1936–1937) and Minister of Justice (1937–1938)
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1904· 1 entry
And began his career as a lawyer in Toulouse
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1884· 1 entry
Born 1884-08-27.
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