Provisional Government of the French Republic

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The Provisional Government of the French Republic was the interim governing authority of France from 1944 to 1946 that led the country’s transition from Nazi occupation and Vichy rule back to a restored republican democracy under Charles de Gaulle and his successors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government of France
post-war government
provisional government
alliedWith Allied powers
alsoKnownAs Gouvernement provisoire de la République française
capital Paris
country France
currency French franc
endTime 1946-10-27
establishedAs successor to Vichy regime
followedBy French Constitution of 1946
French Fourth Republic
governmentType provisional republican government
grantedRight women’s suffrage in France
headOfGovernment Charles de Gaulle
Félix Gouin
Georges Bidault
Léon Blum
headOfState Charles de Gaulle
ideology anti-fascism
republicanism
jurisdiction French colonial empire
metropolitan France
linked to: Metropolitan France
leader Charles de Gaulle
Félix Gouin
Georges Bidault
Léon Blum
legalBasis ordinances of the Free French authorities
legislativeBody Constituent Assembly of 1945
Constituent Assembly of 1946
Provisional Consultative Assembly
officialLanguage French
participatedIn World War II
partOf post–World War II political reconstruction in Europe
precededBy French Committee of National Liberation
linked to: Free France
replaced Nazi military administration in occupied France
Vichy France
restoredFormOfGovernment French Republic
republican democracy
roleInHistory transition from occupation to restored republic
shortName GPRF
signed French Constitution of 1946
significantEvent Liberation of Paris
creation of social security system in France
end of Nazi occupation of France
extension of suffrage to French women
purge of Vichy collaborators
startTime 1944-06-03

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Berlin Declaration of 5 June 1945 signedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
Free French Forces mergedInto Provisional Government of the French Republic armed forces
subject linked to: FFL
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
Free France followedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
IMT Charter concludedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
French Fourth Republic replaced Provisional Government of the French Republic
French Fourth Republic precededBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Government of the French Republic alsoKnownAs Gouvernement provisoire de la République française
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
Médaille de la Résistance awardingAuthority Free French government
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
French Forces of the Interior allegiance Provisional Government of the French Republic
French Forces of the Interior subordinateTo Provisional Government of the French Republic
Order of Liberation awardingAuthority French Provisional Government
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
French State (Vichy regime) replacedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
Maurice Thorez servedIn Provisional Government of the French Republic
GPRF fullName Provisional Government of the French Republic
GPRF shortName Gouvernement provisoire de la République française
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
GPRF abbreviationFor Provisional Government of the French Republic
GPRF alsoKnownAs Provisional Government of Free France (early phase, in practice)
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
Félix Gouin headOfGovernmentOf Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Consultative Assembly partOf Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Consultative Assembly legislativeBodyFor Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Consultative Assembly subordinateTo Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Consultative Assembly governmentTypeContext Provisional Government of the French Republic
Provisional Consultative Assembly countryDuringExistence Provisional Government of the French Republic
Constituent Assembly of 1945 supervisingAuthority Provisional Government of the French Republic
François Sevez allegiance Provisional Government of the French Republic
subject linked to: General François Sevez
Popular Republican Movement participatedIn French Provisional Government after World War II
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
Statut des Juifs opposedBy gouvernement provisoire de la République française
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
Statut des Juifs repealAuthority Gouvernement provisoire de la République française
linked to: Provisional Government of the French Republic
Croix de la Libération awardingBody Provisional Government of the French Republic
French Forces of the Interior recognizedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
subject linked to: FFI
Battle of Dompaire countryAtTime Provisional Government of the French Republic
Free French government followedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic
Free French government dissolvedInto Provisional Government of the French Republic