• The French State (Vichy Government) [1940-1944]
  • Marchal Pétain [1940-1944] (Concluded the Armistice with Nazis June 17, 1940; In 1940, Germans occupied northern France; 1942-1944, Germans occupied all of France; Pétain was chief of state from July 11, 1940 to Aug. 20, 1944)
• The Provisional Government of the French Republic [1944-1947]
  • Charles de Gaulle [1944-1946]
  • Félix Gouin [Jan.-June, 1946]
  • Georges Bidault [June-Nov., 1946] (A constitution was adopted, by referendum in Oct., 1946; The Indochina revolt commenced)
  • Léon Blum [Dec., 1946-Jan., 1947]
• The 4^th Republic [1947-1958]
  • Vincent Auriol [1947-1954]
  • René Coty [1954-1958] (The war in Indochina ended; France joined the E.E.C.; TheAlgerian riots started, May 13, 1958; On June 1, Charles de Gaulle constituted a government of National Union and caused the adoption of a new constitution by referendum in Sept.)
• The 5^th Republic [1958-Present]
  • Charles de Gaulle [1958-1969] (Ended Algerian War in 1962; Removed French troops from NATO in 1962; Student and workers riots throughout France in May, 1968; de Gaulle resigned in 1969)
  • Georges Pompidou [1969-1974]
  • Valéry Giscard d’Estaing [1974-1981]
  • François Mitterrand [1981-1988 ]
  • Jacques Chirac [1988-Present] (France and England jointly constructed the railroad tunnel under the English Channel)

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