Provisional Government of the French Republic

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The Provisional Government of the French Republic was the interim governing authority of France from 1944 to 1946 that led the country’s transition from Nazi occupation and Vichy rule back to a restored republican democracy under Charles de Gaulle and his successors.


Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government of France
post-war government
provisional government
alliedWith Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: "Allied powers"
alsoKnownAs Provisional Government of the French Republic
surface form: "Gouvernement provisoire de la République française"
capital Paris
country France
currency French franc (Latin Monetary Union)
surface form: "French franc"
endTime 1946-10-27
establishedAs successor to Vichy regime
followedBy French 1946 Constitution
surface form: "French Constitution of 1946"

French Fourth Republic
governmentType provisional republican government
grantedRight women’s suffrage in France
headOfGovernment Charles de Gaulle
Félix Gouin
Georges Bidault
Léon Blum
headOfState Charles de Gaulle
ideology anti-fascism
republicanism
jurisdiction French colonial empire
Metropolitan France
surface form: "metropolitan France"
leader Charles de Gaulle
Félix Gouin
Georges Bidault
Léon Blum
legalBasis ordinances of the Free French authorities
legislativeBody Constituent Assembly of 1945
Constituent Assembly of 1945
surface form: "Constituent Assembly of 1946"

Provisional Consultative Assembly
officialLanguage French
participatedIn World War II
partOf post–World War II political reconstruction in Europe
precededBy Free France
surface form: "French Committee of National Liberation"
replaced Nazi military administration in occupied France
French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: "Vichy France"
restoredFormOfGovernment French Republic
republican democracy
roleInHistory transition from occupation to restored republic
shortName GPRF
signed French 1946 Constitution
surface form: "French Constitution of 1946"
significantEvent Liberation of Paris
creation of social security system in France
end of Nazi occupation of France
extension of suffrage to French women
purge of Vichy collaborators
startTime 1944-06-03

Referenced by (10)

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

French Forces of the Interior allegiance Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Government of the French Republic alsoKnownAs Provisional Government of the French Republic
this entity surface form: "Gouvernement provisoire de la République française"
Médaille de la Résistance awardingAuthority Provisional Government of the French Republic
this entity surface form: "Free French government"
IMT Charter concludedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
Free France followedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
FFL mergedInto Provisional Government of the French Republic
subject surface form: "Free French Forces"
this entity surface form: "Provisional Government of the French Republic armed forces"
French Fourth Republic precededBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
French Fourth Republic replaced Provisional Government of the French Republic
Berlin Declaration of 5 June 1945 signedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
French Forces of the Interior subordinateTo Provisional Government of the French Republic