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France: French President Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) with the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Paris,11 November 1944
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Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 9 November 1970) was a French military general and statesman. He was the leader of Free France (194044) and the head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (194446).
. In 1958, he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the 18th President of France, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. He was the dominant figure of France during the Cold War era and his memory continues to influence French politics.