Provisional Government of the French Republic

Provisional Government of the French Republic
Gouvernement provisoire de la République française
Provisional Government of the French Republic Gouvernement provisoire de la République française
1944–1946
	Motto:
	Anthem:
	France; French protectorates; French occupation zones in Germany and Austria; ;
Capital	Algiers (de facto, 3 June – 31 August 1944); Paris (de jure; de facto from 31 August 1944)
Common languages	French
Religion	Secular state; (excluding Alsace-Lorraine); Roman Catholicism; Calvinism; Lutheranism; Judaism; (Alsace-Lorraine only)
Government	Tripartisme
Chairman
• 1944–1946	Charles de Gaulle
• 1946	Félix Gouin
• 1946	Georges Bidault
• 1946–1947	Léon Blum
Legislature	National Assembly
Historical era	World War II
•	3 June 1944
• Normandy landings	6 June 1944
• Provence landings	15 August 1944
• Liberation of Paris	25 August 1944
• Invasion of Germany	19 March 1945
• Surrender of Germany	8 May 1945
•	24 October 1945
• Proclamation of the Fourth Republic	27 October 1946
Currency	French franc
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Free France
	Vichy France
	German Military Administration
French Fourth Republic
French Union

The Provisional Government of the French Republic (PGFR; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF) was an interim government of Free France between 1944 and 1946 after the liberation of continental France after Operations Overlord and Dragoon, and lasted until the creation of the French Fourth Republic.^[1]

List of Chairmen of the Provisional Government

Portrait	Chairman	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
[[File:\|100px\|Charles de Gaulle]]	de Gaulle, CharlesCharles de Gaulle (1890–1970)	3 June 1944	26 January 1946	1 year, 268 days		Independent
[[File:\|100px\|Félix Gouin]]	Gouin, FélixFélix Gouin (1884–1977)	26 January 1946	24 June 1946	118 days		SFIO
[[File:\|100px\|Georges Bidault]]	Bidault, GeorgesGeorges Bidault (1899–1983)	24 June 1946	28 November 1946	188 days	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found.
[[File:\|100px\|Vincent Auriol]]	Auriol, VincentVincent Auriol (1884–1966) Acting	28 November 1946	16 December 1946	18 days		SFIO
[[File:\|100px\|Léon Blum]]	Blum, LéonLéon Blum (1872–1950)	16 December 1946	22 January 1947	37 days		SFIO

La Marseillaise (words and music by Rouget de l'Isle)Band of the Garde Républicaine, directed by François-Julien Brun. Recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.*Columbia DF 3263 CL 8602
General Charles de Gaulle and the ministers of the Provisional Government, 2 November 1945

↑ Talbot, C. Imlay; Duffy Toft, Monica (2007-01-24). The Fog of Peace and War Planning: Military and Strategic Planning Under Uncertainty. Routledge, 2007. p. 227. ISBN 9781134210886.