President René Coty

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President René Coty was a French statesman who served as the second and penultimate president of the Fourth French Republic from 1954 to 1959.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French politician
President of France
human
burialPlace Cimetière Sainte-Marie, Le Havre
causeOfDeath heart attack
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1882-03-20
dateOfDeath 1962-11-22
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica

Éditions Larousse
surface form: Larousse
educatedAt Université de Caen Normandie campus
surface form: University of Caen Normandy
era French Fourth Republic
surface form: Fourth French Republic
familyName Coty Inc.
surface form: Coty
givenName René
headOfStateOf France
honor Croix de Guerre
surface form: Croix de Guerre 1914–1918

Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
surface form: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Médaille militaire
knownFor calling Charles de Gaulle to form a government in 1958
role in transition from Fourth to Fifth French Republic
legislativeBodyMemberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Senate of France
surface form: French Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty National Centre of Independents and Peasants
Popular Democratic Party
militaryService French Army
nativeLanguage French
numberOfChildren 1
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1959-01-08
officeStart 1954-01-16
ordinalInOffice 2
penultimatePresidentOf French Fourth Republic
surface form: Fourth French Republic
placeOfBirth Municipality of Le Havre
surface form: Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France
placeOfDeath Municipality of Le Havre
surface form: Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
politicalAlignment centre-right
positionHeld Deputy in the French National Assembly
Minister of Reconstruction and Urban Development of France
President of the French Republic
Senator of France
predecessor Vincent Auriol
presidency French Fourth Republic
surface form: Fourth French Republic
religion Roman Catholicism
residenceWhileInOffice Élysée Palace
sexOrGender male
signatureImage Signature René Coty.svg
spouse Germaine Corblet
successor Charles de Gaulle

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State funeral of John F. Kennedy attendedBy President René Coty
René notableBearer President René Coty
this entity surface form: René Coty
French Fourth Republic notablePresident President René Coty
this entity surface form: René Coty
May 1958 crisis in France participant President René Coty
this entity surface form: René Coty
Vincent Auriol succeededBy President René Coty
this entity surface form: René Coty