Rally of the French People

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Rally of the French People was a Gaullist political party in post-World War II France that championed strong executive power and national independence under Charles de Gaulle’s leadership.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaullist party
political party
abbreviation RPF
advocated national independence
strong executive power
aimedTo reform French institutions
strengthen the authority of the state
color blue
country France
dateFounded 1947
dissolved 1955
electoralBase Gaullist supporters
conservative voters
middle class
era French Fourth Republic
surface form: Fourth French Republic
foundedBy Charles de Gaulle
hadHeadquartersIn Paris
hadKeyFigure André Malraux
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Jacques Soustelle
historicalContext reconstruction of France after World War II
ideology Gaullism
influenced Union for the New Republic
later Gaullist parties in France
language French
leader Charles de Gaulle
namedAfter French people
notableFor laying groundwork for the Fifth Republic
mobilizing large popular rallies
opposed Fourth French Republic parliamentary system
Communist Party of France
surface form: French Communist Party

party system of the Fourth Republic
participatedIn French legislative elections
placeFounded France
Paris
politicalPosition conservative
right-wing
promoted personal leadership of Charles de Gaulle
regionActive French colonies
Metropolitan France
surface form: metropolitan France
successor Union for the New Republic
supported French colonial empire
French nationalism
anti-communism
presidential system
timePeriod post-World War II
typeOfOrganization mass political movement

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Charles de Gaulle founded Rally of the French People
Charles de Gaulle memberOfPoliticalParty Rally of the French People
Michel Debré memberOf Rally of the French People
Nicolas Sarkozy memberOfPoliticalParty Rally of the French People
this entity surface form: Rassemblement pour la République
Gaullism inspiredPoliticalParty Rally of the French People
Paul Reynaud memberOfPoliticalParty Rally of the French People
Union for the New Republic precededBy Rally of the French People
Union for the New Republic hasIdeologicalPredecessor Rally of the French People
André Bettencourt memberOfPoliticalParty Rally of the French People
this entity surface form: Rassemblement du Peuple Français
André Bettencourt memberOfPoliticalParty Rally of the French People
this entity surface form: Rassemblement pour la République
Dominique de Villepin memberOfPoliticalParty Rally of the French People
this entity surface form: Rassemblement pour la République