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The Union for the Defence of the Republic (French: Union pour la défense de la République [ynjɔ̃ puʁ la defɑ̃s də la ʁepyblik]), after 1968 renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic (French: Union des démocrates pour la République [ynjɔ̃ de demɔkʁat puʁ la ʁepyblik]), commonly abbreviated UDR, was a Gaullist [10] [11] political party of France that existed from 1967 to 1976.
Nevertheless, in part due to his actions during the May 1968 crisis, he appeared as the natural successor to de Gaulle. Pompidou announced his candidature for the Presidency in January 1969. In social policy, Pompidou's tenure as prime minister witnessed the establishment of the National Employment Fund in 1963 to counter the negative effects ...
Alex Panzani, La tuerie d'Auriol, J'ai lu, Crimes et enquètes. Benjamin Biale, "Le service d'action civique : 1958-1968.", Mémoire IEP Aix-en-Provence 1997; Pierre Péan L'Homme de l'ombre: éléments d'enquête autour de Jacques Foccart, l'homme le plus mystérieux et le plus puissant de la Ve République, Fayard, 1990.
Pages in category "Presidency of Charles de Gaulle" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Conseil national de la Résistance (1962)
One of de Gaulle's grandsons, also named Charles de Gaulle, was a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2004, his last tenure being for the far-right National Front. [187] The younger Charles de Gaulle's move to the anti-Gaullist National Front was widely condemned by other family
The Union for the New Republic (French: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, pronounced [lynjɔ̃ puʁ la nuvɛl ʁepyblik], UNR) was a Gaullist political party in France, formed in support of Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections.
René Jean Pleven (French: [ʁəne pləvɛ̃]; 15 April 1901 – 13 January 1993) was a notable political figure of the French Resistance and Fourth Republic.An early associate of Jean Monnet then member of the Free French led by Charles de Gaulle, he took a leading role in colonial and financial matters including the Gaullist takeover of French Equatorial Africa in 1940, the creation of the ...
Newly inaugurated U.S. president Richard Nixon visiting President De Gaulle one month before De Gaulle's retirement. De Gaulle resigned the presidency at noon, 28 April 1969, [65] following the rejection of his proposed reform of the Senate and local governments in a nationwide referendum. In an eight-minute televised speech two days before the ...