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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Predicate Object
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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London Naval Treaty negotiatedBy French Third Republic
this entity surface form: French Third Republic government
King Chulalongkorn engagedWith French Third Republic
French Fourth Army usedBy French Third Republic
Alexander I of Yugoslavia placeOfDeath French Third Republic
Battle of Amiens 1870 belligerent French Third Republic
subject surface form: Battle of Amiens (1870)
Battle of Amiens 1870 countryAtTime French Third Republic
subject surface form: Battle of Amiens (1870)
Alexandre Millerand movement French Third Republic
General François Sevez allegiance French Third Republic
subject surface form: François Sevez
Alawite State createdBy French Third Republic
State of Damascus establishedBy French Third Republic
State of Aleppo establishedBy French Third Republic
Greater Lebanon createdBy French Third Republic
Great Syrian Revolt opponent French Third Republic
Franco-Syrian War combatant1 French Third Republic
1936 French legislative election locatedIn French Third Republic
Napoleon, Prince Imperial era French Third Republic
this entity surface form: French Third Republic (in exile)
Code de l'indigénat historicalPeriod French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
French protectorate of Tunisia suzerain French Third Republic
Troupes coloniales allegiance French Third Republic
Georges Mandel politicalAlignment French Third Republic
Georges Mandel servedInGovernmentOf French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Government of the French Third Republic
Paul Cambon era French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Louis Barthou partOf French Third Republic
Charles Dupuy movement French Third Republic
Charles Dupuy partOf French Third Republic
this entity surface form: French Third Republic political establishment
Camille Pelletan partOf French Third Republic
Camille Pelletan government French Third Republic
Joseph Caillaux partOf French Third Republic
Joseph Caillaux government French Third Republic
Émile Combes headOfGovernmentOf French Third Republic
Émile Combes era French Third Republic
Jules Méline era French Third Republic
Jean Cruppi partOf French Third Republic
AD activeInPeriod French Third Republic
subject surface form: Democratic Republican Alliance
AD operatesInJurisdiction French Third Republic
subject surface form: Democratic Republican Alliance
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau movement French Third Republic
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau headOfGovernmentFor French Third Republic
Alexandre Ribot movement French Third Republic
Alexandre Ribot governmentalBody French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Government of the French Third Republic
Henry Blanc activeInPeriod French Third Republic
Ferdinand Sarrien movement French Third Republic
Ferdinand Sarrien headOfGovernment French Third Republic
Ferdinand Sarrien era French Third Republic
Gaston Doumergue headOfStateOf French Third Republic