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On 1 June 1958, de Gaulle became Prime Minister and was given emergency powers for six months by the National Assembly, [124] fulfilling his desire for parliamentary legitimacy. [19] De Gaulle's cabinet received strong support from right-wing parties, split support from left of center parties, and strong opposition from the Communist Party.
Charles de Gaulle's tenure as the 18th president of France officially began on 8 January 1959. In 1958, during the Algerian War, he came out of retirement and was appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty.
On 21 December 1958, Charles de Gaulle was elected president of France by an electoral college. [14] The provisional constitutional commission, acting in lieu of the constitutional council, proclaimed the results of the election on 9 January 1959. The new president began his office on that date, appointing Michel Debré as prime minister.
Prime Minister (Lifespan) Term of office Political party (Political coalition) Government Legislature (Election) President (Term) Term of office Time in office 79 Michel Debré (1912–1996) 8 January 1959 14 April 1962 3 years, 96 days Union for the New Republic: Debré I : 18 Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969) 80 Georges Pompidou (1911–1974)
Prime Minister under Charles de Gaulle, 1962–1968. Elected to the presidency in the 1969 election against centrist Alain Poher. Favoured European integration. Supported economic modernisation and industrialisation, most notably through the TGV high-speed rail project. Faced the 1973 oil crisis.
Instead, de Gaulle used Article 11 of the Constitution, which allows the Prime Minister, then Georges Pompidou, to request the President to submit to a referendum a bill in certain areas of law, including "the organization of public powers". To summarize, supporters of de Gaulle and the referendum contended that Article 11 allowed bills to be ...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his top aides Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, and Chief of the Imperial General Staff General Alan Brooke in 1940-41 moved quickly to establish a base for de Gaulle in London. [1]
As such, De Gaulle's new party formed a coalition with the CNIP to form a new government. On 21 December de Gaulle was elected President of France by an electoral college. [13] His Justice Minister Michel Debré became prime minister. [14] The pro-Fifth Republic center-left parties (SFIO and Radical Party) left the presidential majority.