French Fourth Republic

French Republic République française (French)
1946–1958
Flag National emblem (unofficial)
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
Great Seal:
Metropolitan France   Saar Protectorate
Capital and largest city	Paris 48°51′N 2°21′E
Official language	French
Religion	Secular state In Alsace-Moselle Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism
Demonym(s)	French
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
President
• 1947–1954	Vincent Auriol
• 1954–1959	René Coty
Prime Minister
• 1947 (first)	Paul Ramadier
• 1958–1959 (last)	Charles de Gaulle
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Council of the Republic
• Lower house	National Assembly
Historical era	Decolonisation of Africa Decolonisation of Asia Cold War
• Constitutional referendum	13 October 1946
• Fourth Republic	27 October 1946
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu	13 March 1954
• Toussaint Rouge	1 November 1954
• Treaty of Brussels	17 March 1948
• May crisis	13 May 1958
• Constitutional referendum	28 September 1958
• Fifth Republic	4 October 1958
Area
1957	889,898 km2 (343,592 sq mi)
Currency	French franc (FRF) Algerian franc
ISO 3166 code	FR
Preceded by Succeeded by Provisional Government of the French Republic French Fifth Republic French Community
Today part of	France Algeria

The French Fourth Republic (French: Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution.

It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic that was in place from 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War to 1940 during World War II, and suffered many of the same problems.