Ruler · 1882 – 1962

René Coty

Lived 1882 – 1962; politician. President of the French Republic of France, 1954 – 1959; also in the line of Andorra, French Fourth Republic and French Fifth Republic. The atlas files them under French Third Republic.

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Lived: 1882 – 1962; 80 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 4; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the French Republic

France · the 24th of 34 dated reigns · 1824 – 2017

20 before

Albert Lebrun1932 – 1940

Georges Bidault1946

Vincent Auriol1947 – 1954

René Coty1954 – 1959

Charles de Gaulle1959 – 1969

Alain Poher1969

Georges Pompidou1969 – 1974

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1954 – 1959 · 5 years · came to it aged 72

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1959; they died in 1962

Also in the line of Andorra (107th of 121), French Fourth Republic (3rd of 3, read from the line of French Fifth Republic) and French Fifth Republic (2nd of 12).

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