The French Fourth Republic was the government that followed the Vichy regime and the provisional government after the liberation of France. Its constitution was approved by referendum in 1946, creating a parliamentary system with a strong National Assembly and a weak executive. Governments changed very frequently. Despite instability, France rebuilt its economy, helped to launch European integration through the Coal and Steel Community and the Treaty of Rome, and established a modern welfare state. The republic was also burdened by colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria. The Algerian crisis of 1958 brought it down, and Charles de Gaulle returned to power and founded the Fifth Republic.
Before and after
- 1946Founding of Byurakan Observatory
- from 1946 to 1949Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War
- 1946Founding of U.C. Sampdoria
- 1946First edition of Cannes Film Festival
- from 1946 to 1958French Fourth Republic
- 1946Establishment of Nairobi National Park
- 1946Founding of Honda
- 5 January 1946Birth of Diane Keaton
- 20 January 1946Birth of David Lynch
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The era
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