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page 1Presidency of Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
President of France from 1969 to 1974
French Fifth Republic
current system of government of France (1958–present)

Michel Debré
79th Prime Minister of France (1912-1996)

Maurice Couve de Murville
81st Prime Minister of France (1907-1999)
Evian Accords
treaty signed by France and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic to end the Algerian War
French Community
International political association
Trente Glorieuses
the thirty years from 1945 to 1975 following the end of the Second World War in France
1965 French presidential election
First direct presidential election of the French Fifth Republic
dirigisme
Dirigisme (), or dirigism (), refers to an economic system in which the state takes an active and directive role in shaping and guiding the economy, rather than limiting itself to a purely regulatory or hands-off approach within a market economy. As an economic doctrine, dirigisme stands in contrast to laissez-faire, highlighting the constructive role of market intervention in addressing inefficiencies and market failures. Dirigiste policies typically include indicative planning, state-guided investment, and the strategic use of market instruments such as taxes and subsidies to encourage econo
Algiers putsch of 1961
1961 attempted coup in French Algeria during the Algerian War
Force de dissuasion
French nuclear deterrence force
Union of Democrats for the Republic
former French political party
Vive le Québec libre
quote during a 1967 speech by French President Charles de Gaulle in Quebec, Canada
1958 French presidential election
French constitutional referendum, 1969
Failed constitutional referendum on decentralization
1962 French legislative election
Petit-Clamart attack
1962 attempt on De Gaulle’s life
French presidential election referendum 1962