French Third Republic

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The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870 to 1940, marked by parliamentary dominance, frequent changes of government, and the Dreyfus Affair, and ending with the German invasion in World War II.

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instanceOf former sovereign state
historical period
republic
alliedWith Russian Empire during World War I
United Kingdom during World War I
United States during World War I
capital Paris
characteristic frequent changes of government
strong role of political parties
weak executive power
colonialPolicy expansion of French colonial empire in Africa and Asia
constitutionalLawAdopted Constitutional Laws of 1875
constitutionalSystem parliamentary supremacy
continent Europe
country France
currency French franc
demographicCharacteristic universal male suffrage
dissolved 1940
educationPolicy secular public education reforms
enactedLaw French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905
surface form: 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
endDate 10 July 1940
endedBy Battle of France
surface form: German invasion of France in World War II
established 1870
flag French tricolour
surface form: Flag of France
governmentForm parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle President of the French Republic
historicalReputation longest-lasting French republic before the Fifth Republic
keyIssue church–state separation
legislativeBody Chamber of Deputies
Senate of France
legislature Parliament of France
surface form: French Parliament
majorPoliticalCrisis Dreyfus affair
majorPoliticalCrisisEnd 1906
majorPoliticalCrisisStart 1894
nationalMotto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
notableEducationReformer Jules Ferry
notablePresident Adolphe Thiers
Albert Lebrun
Armand Fallières
Félix Faure
Jules Grévy
Patrice de MacMahon
Raymond Poincaré
Émile Loubet
notablePrimeMinister Georges Clemenceau
Jules Ferry
Léon Gambetta
Édouard Daladier
officialLanguage French
participatedIn Franco-Prussian War
World War I
interwar period diplomacy
politicalOrientation anticlericalism
republicanism
precededBy Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
predecessorEvent Franco-Prussian War
collapse of the Second French Empire
signedTreaty Treaty of Versailles
startDate 4 September 1870
stateIdeology laïcité
succeededBy French State (Vichy regime)
Vichy
surface form: Vichy France
territorialStatus metropolitan France and colonial empire
womenSuffrageStatus women did not have the right to vote in national elections

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Édouard Herriot participatedIn French Third Republic
this entity surface form: French Third Republic politics
Argonne Forest associatedWith French Third Republic
Januária of Brazil placeOfDeath French Third Republic
First Hague Peace Conference participatingEntity French Third Republic
Ministry of National Education of France establishedInPeriod French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Battle of the Frontiers belligerent French Third Republic
Battle of Doiran belligerent French Third Republic
Italy’s entry into World War II declaredAgainst French Third Republic
French authorities historicalPeriod French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third Republic
General René Olry allegiance French Third Republic
subject surface form: René Olry
Radical Party (France) notablePeriod French Third Republic
Souvenirs et solitude timePeriodDescribed French Third Republic
Écrits de prison about French Third Republic
Collège Jean-Zay (various French schools) hasNamesakeEra French Third Republic
subject surface form: Collège Jean-Zay
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Sino-French War belligerent French Third Republic
Liliane Bettencourt countryOfCitizenship French Third Republic
Servir associatedWith French Third Republic
Rethondes associatedWith French Third Republic
Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children hasCulturalContext French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third Republic France
Jean-Baptiste Darlan memberOf French Third Republic
Jean-Baptiste Darlan politicalSystemContext French Third Republic
Paul Reynaud headOfGovernmentOf French Third Republic
Triple Intervention countryInvolved French Third Republic
Triple Intervention supportedInterestOf French Third Republic
Treaty of Frankfurt signatory French Third Republic
Léon Gambetta movement French Third Republic
Siege of Paris belligerent French Third Republic
Armistice of Versailles (1871) belligerent French Third Republic
Eight-Nation Alliance hasMember French Third Republic
Maxime Weygand servedIn French Third Republic
World War I diplomacy involvesCountry French Third Republic
Boxer Protocol signatory French Third Republic
President of the Council of Ministers appliesToJurisdiction French Third Republic
subject surface form: President of the Council of Ministers (France)
President of the Council of Ministers roleIn French Third Republic
subject surface form: President of the Council of Ministers (France)
this entity surface form: Government of the French Third Republic
President of the Council of Ministers timePeriod French Third Republic
subject surface form: President of the Council of Ministers (France)
Rif region conflictWith French Third Republic
Charles Huntziger allegiance French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
President of the Senate officeCreatedIn French Third Republic
subject surface form: President of the Senate of France
London Convention of 1871 signatory French Third Republic
Abdülmecid II placeOfDeath French Third Republic
Hubert-Joseph Henry historicalPeriod French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Congress of Berlin hasParticipant French Third Republic
First Battle of Ypres countryInvolved French Third Republic
Marshal of France baton historicalPeriod French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Chamber of Deputies partOf French Third Republic
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (France)
Chamber of Deputies legislativeBodyFor French Third Republic
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (France)