President René Coty

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President René Coty was a French statesman who served as the second and penultimate president of the Fourth French Republic from 1954 to 1959.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French politician
President of France
human
burialPlace Cimetière Sainte-Marie, Le Havre
causeOfDeath heart attack
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1882-03-20
dateOfDeath 1962-11-22
describedBySource Encyclopædia Britannica
Larousse
linked to: Éditions Larousse
educatedAt University of Caen Normandy
era Fourth French Republic
familyName Coty
linked to: Coty Inc.
givenName René
headOfStateOf France
honor Croix de Guerre 1914–1918
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Médaille militaire
knownFor calling Charles de Gaulle to form a government in 1958
role in transition from Fourth to Fifth French Republic
legislativeBodyMemberOf Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
French Senate
linked to: Senate of France
memberOfPoliticalParty National Centre of Independents and Peasants
Popular Democratic Party
militaryService French Army
nativeLanguage French
numberOfChildren 1
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1959-01-08
officeStart 1954-01-16
ordinalInOffice 2
penultimatePresidentOf Fourth French Republic
placeOfBirth Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France
placeOfDeath Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
politicalAlignment centre-right
positionHeld Deputy in the French National Assembly
Minister of Reconstruction and Urban Development of France
President of the French Republic
Senator of France
predecessor Vincent Auriol
presidency Fourth French Republic
religion Roman Catholicism
residenceWhileInOffice Élysée Palace
sexOrGender male
signatureImage Signature René Coty.svg
spouse Germaine Corblet
successor Charles de Gaulle

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State funeral of John F. Kennedy attendedBy President René Coty
René notableBearer René Coty
linked to: President René Coty
French Fourth Republic notablePresident René Coty
linked to: President René Coty
May 1958 crisis in France participant René Coty
linked to: President René Coty
Vincent Auriol succeededBy René Coty
linked to: President René Coty