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Fifth Republic: see France France (frăns, Fr. fräNs), officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. ..... Click the link for more information. . Fifth RepublicSystem of government in France from 1959 to the present. Under the constitution crafted by Charles de Gaulle with the help of Michel Debre, executive power was increased at the expense of the National Assembly. It came into being in 1959 after de Gaulle was elected president, with Debré as his prime minister. In 1962 de Gaulle pushed through a constitutional amendment that provided for direct popular election of the president, and in 1965 he became the first French president elected by popular vote since 1848. He was succeeded by Georges Pompidou (1969–74), Valery Giscard d'Estaing (1974–81), Francois Mitterrand (1981–95), and Jacques Chirac (from 1995). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Vichy regime partly broke the stalemate by turning the EPS into colleges, but the Fifth Republic, created in 1958, undertook the most basic restructuring, building upon the Fourth Republic's e xpansion of post-primary schooling in traditional academic lycees, technical schools, and the apprenticeship centers planned in 1938 and extended by Vichy. To foil political instability resulting from strife between the executive and the legislative branches of the government, they agreed to model the constitution under revision after that of the Fifth Republic of France. He dedicated his 14-year presidency, the longest since the Fifth Republic was established in 1958, to building a more united Europe on the foundation of close Franco-German relations. |
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