French Fourth Republic

The French Fourth Republic (French: [Quatrième république française] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution.

French Republic République françaisecode: fr is deprecated  (French)
1946–1958
Flag of France
'Motto:  "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
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Metropolitan France   Saar Protectorate   Metropolitan France   Saar Protectorate
Capital and largest city	Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E
French
Religion	Secular state In Alsace-Moselle Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism
Demonym(s)	French
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
President
• 1947–1954	Vincent Auriol
• 1954–1959	René Coty
Prime Minister
• 1947 (first)	Paul Ramadier
• 1958–1959 (last)	Charles de Gaulle
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Council of the Republic
• Lower house	National Assembly
Historical era	Decolonisation of Africa Decolonisation of Asia Cold War
• Constitutional referendum	13 October 1946
•	27 October 1946
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu	13 March 1954
• Toussaint Rouge	1 November 1954
• Treaty of Brussels	17 March 1948
• May crisis	13 May 1958
• Constitutional referendum	28 September 1958
•	4 October 1958
Area
1957	889,898 km2 (343,592 sq mi)
Currency	French franc (FRF) Algerian franc
ISO 3166 code	FR
Preceded by Succeeded by File:Flag of France.svg Provisional Government of the French Republic French Fifth Republic File:Flag of France.svg French Community 20px
Today part of	France Algeria

It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic that was in place from 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War to 1940 during World War II, and suffered many of the same problems.

French Fourth Republic Media

• La Marseillaise Rouget de Lisle Musique de la Garde Républicaine.ogg

  La Marseillaise Rouget de Lisle Musique de la Garde Républicaine