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Encyclopedia > Gaullist Party

In France, the Gaullist Party is usually used to refer to the largest party professing to be Gaullist. Gaullism claimed to transcend the left/right rift (in a similar was to populist parties elsewhere such as Fianna Fáil in Ireland). Gaullism is a French political ideology based on the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. ... Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ...


Some personalities and voters defined themselves as "left-wing Gaullists" - a view often ascribed to leading Gaullist André Malraux. However, most of Charles de Gaulle's followers were conservative, and since his death, all the Gaullist politicians and voters have belonged to the right. Under its various names and acronyms, the Gaullist Party has been the dominant organization of the French right since the beginning of the Fifth Republic (1958). André Malraux, French author, adventurer, and statesman André Malraux (November 3, 1901 - November 23, 1976) was a French author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture during his lifetime. ... Please post proper article, this page was tampered with, thank you. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

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De Gaulle vs the parties (1944-1947)

Author of the L'Appel of 18 June 1940, founder and leader of the Free French Forces, General Charles de Gaulle is the symbol of the French Resistance to the Nazi occupation and the Vichy government. Yet, based in London then in Algiers, he was forced to compromise with the domestic Resistance movements dominated by various political forces (such as the Communists). In 1944, while France was liberated, De Gaulle presided the provisional government composed of Communists, Socialists and Christian-Democrats. Because De Gaulle refused to create a great political party of the non-Communist Resistance, a lot of parties re-emerged. The Christian-Democratic MRP seemed to be the closest of De Gaulle. General de Gaulle speaking on the BBC on 18 June 1940 The Appeal of 18th June was a famous speech by Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces, in 1940. ... Flag De Jure territory Capital Paris Capital-in-exile London, Algiers Government Republic Leader Charles de Gaulle Historical era World War II  - de Gaulles appeal June 18, 1940  - Liberation of Paris August, 1944 The Free French Forces (French: , FFL) were French fighters in World War II, who decided to... Please post proper article, this page was tampered with, thank you. ... The Croix de Lorraine, the symbol of the resistance chosen by de Gaulle French Resistance is the name used for resistance movements during World War II which fought the Nazi German occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy regime. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Vichy France (French: now called Régime de Vichy or Vichy; called itself at the time État Français, or French State) was the French state of 1940-1944 which was a puppet government under Nazi influence, as opposed to the Free French Forces, based first in London and later... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of Algeria. ... The French Forces of the Interior (Fr. ... The Popular Republican Movement (Mouvement Républicain Populaire or MRP) was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic. ...


The provisional government led the policy inspired by the programme of the National Council of Resistance: nationalization of banks and some industrial companies (Renault...), Welfare State. However, it divided about the institutional project. For De Gaulle, the "parties's regim", that had characterized the Third Republic, was a cause of the 1940 military disaster. He advocated a strong executive power, seeking the national interest, led by a man who incarnated the national unity. Indeed, in his mind, France is strong when it is united and the parties, represented in Parliament, serve particular interests so express the national divisions. The Conseil National de la Résistance (CNR) or the National Council of the Resistance is the body that directed and coordinated the different movements of the French Resistance - the press, trade unions, and members of political parties hostile to the Vichy regime, starting from mid-1943. ... For the author, see Mary Renault. ... The Welfare State of the United Kingdom was prefigured in the William Beveridge Report in 1942, which identified five Giant Evils in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease. ... The French Third Republic, (in French, Troisième Republique, sometimes written as IIIème Republique) ( 1870/ 75- 1940/ 46), was the governing body of France between the Second French Empire and the Fourth Republic. ...


In November 1945, a large majority of the French voters accepted the elaboration of a new Constitution. In the same time, they elected a new National Assembly. The French Communist Party, the Socialist SFIO and the Christian-Democratic MRP were the largest forces represented in this Assembly. It re-elected De Gaulle as president of the provisional government but, desagreeing with restoration of the "parties's regim", De Gaulle resigned in January 1946. The Palais Bourbon, front The French National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Sfio, or Safe/Fast I/O, is an I/O library developed by AT&T Research, with several improvements over the ANSI C stdio library. ...


In May 1946, a first constitutional project was rejected by referendum. One month later, a new Assembly was elected in order to write a new constitutional text. In his Call of Bayeux, De Gaulle exposed his institutional ideas but he was accused to want re-establish a bonapartist government. Furthemore, without the support of a political force, he could not influence the constitutional project in preparation. René Capitant founded a Gaullist Union for the Fourth Republic but it could not prevent the approval of the text prepared by the elected Assembly. This one restore the parliamentary system. // In French political history, Bonapartists were monarchists who desired a French Empire under the House of Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I of France) and his nephew Louis (Napoleon III of France). ... René Marie Alphonse Charles Capitant (La Tronche, August 19, 1901 – May 23, 1970 in Suresnes) was a French lawyer and politician. ...


Gaullist Party and Fourth Republic: opposition and desert crossing (1947-1958)

Further information: Rally of the French People The Rally of the French People (French Rassemblement du Peuple Français or RPF) was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle. ...


In 1947, he gathered the anti-Communist opposition in the Rally of the French People (Rassemblement du peuple français or RPF). He accused the Fourth Republic to be dominated by the "parliamentary fiddles" and to organize the state helplessness. In keeping with its strongly nationalist stance, it accused the French Communist Party of being a vassal of the Soviet Union. Furthemore, it denounced what it called the "abandonment" of colonies by the Third Force cabinets, and it viewed French participation in the European Economic Community to be a threat to the nation. In addition, the Gaullists recommended an association between capital and labour in order to end the "struggle of classes", which hampered national unity. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The Third Force (Troisième Force) was a French coalition during the Fourth Republic (1947-1958) which gathered the Socialist SFIO party, the UDSR center-right party, the Radicals, the Christian-Democrat Popular Republican Movement (MRP) and other centerist politicians, opposed both to the French Communist Party (PCF) and the... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ...


Six months after its founding, membership of the RPF reached 1 million. It took control of the executive of many cities, including Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux. After the 1951 legislative election and in despite of the change of the ballot system, the RPF formed the largest parliamentary group of the Assembly. But it made a systematic opposition. This article is about the capital of France. ... City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, the city of Massilia shines Location Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Coordinates Administration Country Region Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Department Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban Community of Marseille Provence M... City logo (traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms Motto: The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion Location Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Coordinates Administration Country Region Aquitaine Department Gironde (33) Intercommunality Urban Community of Bordeaux Mayor Alain Juppé (UMP) (since... Legislative elections in France in 1951. ...


In 1952, some RPF deputies voted in favour of Antoine Pinay's cabinet then joined the majority, against the instructions of De Gaulle. They left the RPF parliamentary group. More and more divided, the RPF suffered an important decrease in the 1953 local elections. In 6 May 1953, De Gaulle asked to the Gaullist deputies to abandon the name "RPF". One month later, 5 Gaullist deputies joined Joseph Laniel 's government. Indeed, they participated to right-wing majorities then, a part of the Gaullists as Jacques Chaban-Delmas joined the center-left Republican Front under the label National Center of Social Republicans (Centre national des républicains sociaux or CNRS). Antoine Pinay, French prime minister Antoine Pinay (December 30, 1891 - December 13, 1994) served as Prime Minister of France from 1952 - 1953 (technically, president of the Council). One of Frances most spirited leaders after World War II, Pinay is today remembered as the longest lived Prime Minister. ... Joseph Laniel, French prime minister Joseph Laniel (1889-1975) was a French politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. ... Jacques Chaban-Delmas (March 7, 1915–November 10, 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. ... The Republican Front was a French center-left coalition which won the 1956 legislative election. ...


At the end of the 1950s, the Fourth Republic floundered in Algerian War. The May 13, 1958 riots in Alger caused a political crisis. A threat of military coup was brandished. Emissaries sent by De Gaulle participated to this bustle (Jacques Soustelle...). The National Assembly accepted to call back De Gaulle to lead the cabinet. In September 28, a new constitution was approved by referendum. The Fifth Republic was born. The parliamentary system was not questionned, but the presidential function was enhanced. Combatants FLN (1954-62) MNA (1954-62) France (1954-62) FAF (1960-61) OAS (1961-62) Commanders Mostefa Benboulaïd Ferhat Abbas Hocine Aït Ahmed Ahmed Ben Bella Krim Belkacem Larbi Ben MHidi Rabah Bitat Mohamed Boudiaf Messali Hadj Jacques Massu Maurice Challe Said Boualam Pierre Lagaillarde Raoul... Jacques Soustelle was born in Montpellier, France on 3 February 1912 and died 6 August 1990. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      The National Assembly is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ... The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ...


Gaullist Party's height (1958-1976)

Further information: Union of Democrats for the Republic Union of Democrats for the Republic (French : Union des Démocrates pour la République), also known as the Gaullist Party was a political party of France. ...


In order that he should not be faced with an hostile Assembly, dominated by the parties (as was the case in 1945-1946), De Gaulle let his followers organize a political party, the Union for the New Republic (Union pour la nouvelle république or UNR). After the November 1958 legislative election, it became the largest force in the political system. It was allied with center-left and center-right parties to support De Gaulle, who was elected President of France by a congress of local and national elects in December 1958. Michel Debré was nominated as Prime minister. French legislative election took place on November 23 and 30, 1958 to elect the 1st National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... Michel Debré (15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was a French politician. ...


However, the change of Algerian policy divided the party. The chairman of the National Assembly Jacques Chaban-Delmas considered Algeria was a part of the presidential "reserved domain", as well as foreign and military affairs. Soustelle, leader of the pro-French Algeria in the party, left the cabinet in 1960, then was ejected from the UNR. He joined Georges Bidault at the head of the Organisation armée secrète which perpetrated terrorist attacks. After this crisis, the UNR appeared as the party of De Gaulle's unconditional supporters, hence it's reputation of "boot party". Debré theorized it's function of strap of the government. With De Gaulle refusing to be a party leader, Debré covertly took this position. Jacques Chaban-Delmas (March 7, 1915–November 10, 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. ... French rule in Algeria, 1830–1962 Most of Frances actions in Algeria, not least the invasion of Algiers, were propelled by contradictory impulses. ... Georges Bidault, French statesman Georges-Augustin Bidault (October 5, 1899 – January 27, 1983) was a French politician and active in the French Resistance and Organisation de lArmée Secrète (OAS). ... The Organisation de larmée secrète (OAS; Secret Army Organization) was a short-lived French right-wing terrorist group formed in January 1961 to resist the granting of independence to the French colony of Algeria (Algérie française). ...


Meanwhile, the center-left parties returned to the opposition in 1959, followed in 1962 by the center-right parties, who criticized the eurosceptic declarations of De Gaulle and the "presidentialisation". Indeed, De Gaulle instituted the presidential election by universal suffrage, defying all the political forces (except UNR). The French voters approved this by referendum. De Gaulle had intended to replace Debré with Georges Pompidou as Prime minister but this was denied by a vote of no-confidence. De Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly. Associated with the left-wing Gaullists of the Democratic Union of Labour (Union démocratique du travail or UDT), and allied with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's Independent Republicans, the UNR won the 1962 legislative election. Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974. ... Valéry Marie René Giscard dEstaing (born 2 February 1926) is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981. ... The Independent Republicans were a French right-wing political group, which became a political party with the creation of the National Federation of the Independent Republicans in 1966. ... French legislative election took place on November 18 and 25, 1962 to elect the 2nd National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. ...


Naturally, the UNR/UDT supported De Gaulle's candidature at the 1965 presidential election. But he won only after a second ballot, which he considered as a disavowal. Relations became more difficult with the only allied party in the presidential majority, the Independent Republicans, while the opposition was reconstructed. The 1965 French presidential election was the first presidential election by direct universal suffrage of the French Fifth Republic. ... The Independent Republicans were a French right-wing political group, which became a political party with the creation of the National Federation of the Independent Republicans in 1966. ...


While the Democratic Center intensified its criticism, some Christian-Democrats, such Maurice Schumann, joined the Gaullist Party, re-named Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic (Union des démocrates pour la Cinquième République or UD5). Prime Minister Pompidou led the party during the 1967 legislative campaign. He encouraged the emergence of a new generation of Gaullist politicians who were loyal to him. The incumbent parliamentary majority only just won. The Popular Republican Movement (Mouvement Républicain Populaire or MRP) was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic. ... Maurice Schumann (1911-1998) was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and 1970s. ... French legislative election took place on March 5 and 12, 1967 to elect the 3rd National Assembly or the Fifth Republic. ...


One year later, Gaullist power was confronted with the social and student May 68 crisis. Although the newly-renamed Union for the Defense of the Republic (Union pour la défense de la République or UDR) triumphed at the June 1968 legislative election, disagreements had appeared between De Gaulle and Pompidou. Pompidou reproached De Gaulle for leaving the country without informing him, during the crisis. For De Gaulle, his project of association between capital and labour could prevent this sort of social crisis, but Pompidou wished scrap it. Indeed, for De Gaulle's circle, Pompidou was more a classical conservative than a real Gaullist. May 1968 poster: Be young and keep quiet In May 1968 a general insurrection broke out across France. ... French legislative election took place on June 23 and 30, 1968 to elect the 4th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic In 1967, the Presidential Majority won by a short head the legislative election. ...


Pompidou left the leadership of the cabinet in order to prepare his future presidential campaign. In this, he declared his candidacy if De Gaulle were to resign. That was the case in 1969, after the failure of the referendum about Senate and regional reform, and he won the 1969 presidential election in despite of the reluctance of some of the "barons of Gaullism". Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: | | ...


His Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas announced a reforms programme for a "New Society". It raised sceptical reactions from the conservative part of the UDR, then from Pompidou himself. They reproached him for giving too many concessions to the left-wing opposition. In President Pompidou's circle, he was accused of wanting to weaken the presidential functions in favour of himself. The party became the Union of Democrats for the Republic (Union des démocrates pour la République) while this crisis broke out. Pompidou refused Chaban-Delmas a vote of confidence in the National Assembly and, when he held it anyway, Pompidou forced him to resign and nominated Pierre Messmer. The UDR, allied with the Independent Republicans and Centre, Democracy and Progress, won the 1973 legislative election and succeded in blocking the "Union of the Left" and its Common Programme. On May 29, 1974 Jacques Chirac (left) replaced Pierre Messmer (right) as prime minister on the steps of the Hôtel Matignon. ... Centre, Democracy and Progress (Centre, démocratie et progrès or CDP) was a French centerist political party. ... French legislative election took place on March 4 and 11, 1973 to elect the 5th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. ...


When Pompidou died in office, on 2 April 1974, his two former Prime Ministers, Chaban-Delmas and Messmer, claimed the UDR candidacy for the presidential election. Finally, the latter withdrew, but some influential personalities in the party, notably in the circle of the late president, doubted of the capacity of Chaban-Delmas to defeat François Mitterrand, the representative of the "Union of the Left". Behind the young minister Jacques Chirac, a former adviser of Pompidou, they published the Call of the 43. They covertly supported Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Minister of Economy and the Independent Republicans's leader. Giscard eliminated Chaban-Delmas in the first round, then narrowly defeated Mitterrand in the second. He was the first non-Gaullist President of the Fifth Republic. Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: | | ...   IPA: (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, elected as representative of the Socialist Party (PS). ... “Chirac” redirects here. ...


Chirac became Prime minister and became the leader of the UDR in December 1974, in spite of the negative opinions of many historical Gaullist personalities (Michel Debré, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, etc). They accused him of having betrayed the party during the previous presidential campaign. Some months later, a conflict broke out between the executive leadership and Chirac left the cabinet in August 1976.


A Neo-Gaullist Party: the RPR (1976-2002)

Further information: Rally for the Republic

In December 1976, the UDR was replaced by the Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République or RPR). This name was chosen due to its similarity with the RPF. Indeed, the New Gaullist Party was devised as a machine of reconquest behind one man, Jacques Chirac. The Rally for the Republic, also known by its French acronym RPR (Rassemblement pour la République), was a French political party. ...


Without withdrawing from the presidential majority, the RPR criticized the executive duo of President Giscard d'Estaing and Prime minister Raymond Barre. In December 1978, six months before the European Parliament election, the Call of Cochin denounced the appropriation of France by "the foreign party", which sacrificed the national interests and the independence of the country in order to build a federal Europe. This accusation targeted clearly Giscard d'Estaing. The RPR contrasted the social doctrine of Gaullism to the president's liberalism. Raymond Barre was born on April 12, 1924 in Saint Denis, the capital of the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean. ...


The RPR supported Chirac in the 1981 presidential election but he was eliminated in the first round. He refused to give instructions for voting for the second round, even if he said "in a private capacity", he would vote for Giscard d'Estaing. In fact, the RPR was suspected of working for the defeat of the incumbent president. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


While the Socialist leader François Mitterrand became President, the RPR gradually abandoned the Gaullist doctrine, adopting the European and liberal positions of the Union for French Democracy (Union pour la démocratie française or UDF). The two parties competed for the leadership of the right-wing opposition, but they presented a common list at the 1984 European Parliament election and a platform to prepare for winning the 1986 legislative election. The emblem of the French Socialist Party The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ... The Union for French Democracy, also known by its French acronym UDF (Union pour la Démocratie Française), is a French centrist political party. ... The French legislative election took place on March 16, 1986 to elect the 8th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. ...


From 1986 to 1988, Chirac "cohabited" as Prime minister with Mitterrand, but lost the 1988 presidential election. After his defeat, his leadership was challenged by younger politicians who wished to renew the right. Furthemore, the abandonment of the Gaullist doctrine was criticized by Charles Pasqua and Philippe Séguin. They tried to remove him from the RPR leadership in 1990, in vain. However, the division re-appeared with the 1992 Maastricht referendum. Chirac voted "yes" whereas Séguin and Pasqua campaigned for "no". Cohabitation in government occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as Frances system, when the President and the Prime Minister come from different political parties. ... Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in France | 1988 elections ... Charles Pasqua (born April 18, French businessman and politician. ... Philippe Séguin Philippe Séguin is a former French politician, and is now first president of Frances Cour des Comptes (Court of Financial Auditors). ...


The "Union for France", a RPR/UDF coalition, won the 1993 legislative election. Chirac refused to re-cohabit with Mitterrand, and his confidente Edouard Balladur became Prime minister. Balladur promised he would not be a candidate in the 1995 presidential election. Nevertheless, polls indicated Balladur was the favorite in the presidential race and furthemore, he was supported by the majority of right-wing politicians. He decided finally to be a candidate against Chirac. However, they claimed they remained "friends for 30 years". French legislative election took place on March 21 and 28, 1993 to elect the 10th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. ... Categories: Stub | 1929 births | Prime ministers of France | Alumni of Sciences Po ... Second Round First Round See also: President of France, France, Politics of France Categories: Elections in France | 1995 elections ...


The Socialists being weakened after the 14 years of Mitterrand's presidency, the main contest was the competition in the right, between Balladur and Chirac, two Neo-Gaullists. Balladur proposed a liberal programme and took advantage of the "positive results" of his cabinet, whereas Chirac advocated Keynesianism to reduce the "social fracture" and criticized the "dominant ideas", targeting Balladur. Chirac won the 1995 presidential election. Second Round First Round See also: President of France, France, Politics of France Categories: Elections in France | 1995 elections ...


In November 1995, his Prime Minister Alain Juppé, "the best among us" according to Chirac, announced a plan of Welfare-State reforms which sparked wide social conflict. President Chirac dissolved the National Assembly and lost the 1997 legislative election. He was forced to cohabit with a left-wing cabinet led by Lionel Jospin until 2002. Alain Marie Juppé (born 15 August 1945) is Frances Minister of State, Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development ; among other positions, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997. ... French legislative election took place in May 25 and June 1, 1997 to elect the 11th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. ... Lionel Robert Jospin (born July 12, 1937 in Meudon, a suburb of Paris) is a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997-2002. ...


Séguin succeded Juppé as RPR leader. But, he criticized the ascendancy of President Chirac over the party. He resigned during the 1999 European election campaign, while Pasqua presented a dissident list to advocate the Gaullist idea of a "Europe of nations". Pasqua founded the Rally for France (Rassemblement pour la France or RPF) and obtained more votes than the RPR official list led by Nicolas Sarkozy. Michèle Alliot-Marie was elected RPR leader, against the wishes of President Chirac who supported another candidate. The Rally for France and European Independence (Rassemblement pour la France et lIndépendance de lEurope) is a political party in France of the right. ... Nicolas Sarkozy at Paris, May 2005. ... Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (born 10 September 1946) is the French minister of interior, and the first woman to lead a major French political party. ...


Before the 2002 presidential election, RPR and non-RPR supporters of Chirac gathered in an association: the "Union on the move". It became the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la majorité présidentielle or UMP) after the April 21 electoral shock. Chirac was re-elected and the new party won the legislative election. The 2002 French presidential election consisted of a first round election on 21 April 2002, and a runoff election between the top two candidates (Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen) on 5 May 2002. ... The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP), is the main French centre-right political party. ... These are the results of the French legislative election of 2002 Category: ...


Secretaries General

Jacques Soustelle was born in Montpellier, France on 3 February 1912 and died 6 August 1990. ... Roger Frey (June 11, 1913 - September 13, 1997) was a French politician. ... Jacques Richard (born 7 October 1952 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada - died 8 October 2002) was a professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL for the Atlanta Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Quebec Nordiques. ... Robert Poujade (Moulins (Allier), May 6, 1928) is a former French politician. ... Alain Peyrefitte (August 26, 1925 - November 27, 1999) was a French scholar and politician. ... “Chirac” redirects here. ...

Presidents of the RPR

“Chirac” redirects here. ... Alain Marie Juppé (born 15 August 1945) is Frances Minister of State, Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development ; among other positions, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997. ... Philippe Séguin Philippe Séguin is a former French politician, and is now first president of Frances Cour des Comptes (Court of Financial Auditors). ... Nicolas Sarkozy at Paris, May 2005. ... Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (born 10 September 1946) is the French minister of interior, and the first woman to lead a major French political party. ...

See also

Please post proper article, this page was tampered with, thank you. ... Charles de Gaulle, in his generals uniform Gaullism (French: Gaullisme) is a French political ideology based on the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. ... Gaullism is a French political ideology based on the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. ...

References

  • BERSTEIN (Serge), Histoire du gaullisme, Perrin, Paris, 2001

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Party Politics Vol. 3, Issue 3, p. 407 (218 words)
The Gaullist party is a political party that has attempted to appear to put the nation first and to stand above tactical parliamentary quarrels.
This study has also shown that the ideological character and political identity of the Gaullist parties have had a significance which exceeded the person of Charles de Gaulle.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the Gaullist party developed a party ideology which authorized independent national political activity with claims to governing power, both before and after de Gaulle himself had left the presidency.
Jacques Chirac - MSN Encarta (1974 words)
A conservative politician, Chirac served as prime minister from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988 and as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
Chirac is a Gaullist, a term used to describe those who favor the policies of former President Charles de Gaulle.
The two parties won a majority in the National Assembly, forcing Mitterrand to form a new cabinet in which he shared power with the Gaullists.
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