French Fourth Republic

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former sovereign state political regime republic

The French Fourth Republic was the post-World War II French regime (1946–1958) characterized by a parliamentary system, rapid decolonization, and chronic governmental instability that ultimately led to its replacement by the Fifth Republic.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
French Fourth Republic canonical 35
Fourth French Republic 13
Fourth Republic 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state ⓘ
political regime ⓘ
republic ⓘ
broughtBackToPower Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
capital Paris ⓘ
characteristic dominant role of the National Assembly ⓘ
frequent changes of government ⓘ
limited powers of the presidency ⓘ
rapid decolonization ⓘ
strong political parties and coalitions ⓘ
colonialPolicy decolonization of French Indochina ⓘ
decolonization of French sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
maintenance of French Algeria until 1958 ⓘ
constitution French 1946 Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 27 October 1946
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crisisLeadingToEnd May 1958 crisis in Algeria ⓘ
currency French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
surface form: French franc
electoralSystem proportional representation for the National Assembly ⓘ
endTime 1958-10-04 ⓘ
establishedAfter World War II ⓘ
followedBy French Fifth Republic ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the French Republic ⓘ
involvedIn Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legislativeBody Council of the Republic ⓘ
Parliament of France ⓘ
surface form: French Parliament

National Assembly of France ⓘ
memberOf Council of Europe ⓘ
European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Western European Union ⓘ
notableHeadOfGovernment Georges Bidault ⓘ
Guy Mollet ⓘ
Pierre Mendès France ⓘ
notablePresident President René Coty ⓘ
surface form: René Coty

Vincent Auriol ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
precededBy Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
reasonForReplacement Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War crisis

chronic governmental instability ⓘ
replaced Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
replacedBy French Fifth Republic ⓘ
startTime 1946-10-13 ⓘ
succeededByConstitution Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the French Fifth Republic

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the French Republic → positionHeldIn → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Seal of the French Republic → reusedBy → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Élysée Palace → usedAsPresidentialResidenceBy → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Cochinchina → metropole → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → allegiance → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France → establishedInPeriod → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
Government of France and Parliament of France → predecessor → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of France
this entity surface form: Government of the Fourth French Republic
French Fifth Republic → follows → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
French Fifth Republic → precededBy → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Communist Party of France → notablePeriod → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Republic of France
French Union → partOf → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
French republicanism → linkedTo → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Provisional Government of the French Republic → followedBy → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
French Morocco → colonialPower → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Alsace-Lorraine → partOf → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Guy Mollet → headOfGovernmentOf → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Ubangi-Shari territory → metropole → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Ubangi-Shari
AEF → metropole → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Governor-General of French West Africa → positionHeldIn → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Maréchal de France → historicalPeriodOfUse → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Republic
French India → lastAdministeringPower → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Anti-French Resistance War → supportedBy → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
French authorities → historicalPeriod → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Republic
Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny → militaryAllegiance → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
President René Coty → presidency → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: René Coty
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
President René Coty → penultimatePresidentOf → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: René Coty
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
President René Coty → era → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: René Coty
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
Rally of the French People → era → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
President of the Council of Ministers → appliesToJurisdiction → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Council of Ministers (France)
President of the Council of Ministers → roleIn → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Council of Ministers (France)
this entity surface form: Government of the French Fourth Republic
President of the Council of Ministers → timePeriod → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Council of Ministers (France)
Council of the Republic → partOf → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
Council of the Republic → legislativeBodyFor → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Council of the Republic → legislativeTerm → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Republic
May 1958 crisis in France → locatedIn → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
French 1946 Constitution → established → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
French 1946 Constitution → establishedRegime → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
French 1946 Constitution → inForceDuring → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
May 1958 crisis in Algeria → mainParticipants → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Fourth Republic government
May 1958 crisis in Algeria → relatedTo → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Pierre Mendès France → headOfGovernmentFor → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Vincent Auriol → headOfGovernment → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
Maurice Thorez → servedIn → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic government
GPRF → succeededBy → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
Félix Gouin → era → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
Provisional Consultative Assembly → relatedTo → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of 1945 → republic → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth French Republic
Popular Republican Movement → participatedIn → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: governments of the Fourth Republic of France
French post-war Modernization and Equipment Plan → implementedBy → French Fourth Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Fourth Republic government
French protectorate of Tunisia → suzerain → French Fourth Republic ⓘ