de Gaulle

[duh gohl, gawl]

noun

1. Charles André Joseph Marie 1890–1970, French general and statesman: president 1959–69.

de Gaulle

/ də ɡol /

noun

1. Charles ( André Joseph Marie ) (ʃarl). 1890–1970, French general and statesman. During World War II, he refused to accept Pétain's armistice with Germany and founded the Free French movement in England (1940). He was head of the provisional governments (1944–46) and, as first president of the Fifth Republic (1959–69), he restored political and economic stability to France

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In the RAC's survey of European airports, hubs including Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle charged nothing.

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Another precedent goes back to the 1950s and Charles de Gaulle.

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He was only 21 when he attended the funeral in 1970 of Charles de Gaulle, the wartime general who became the architect of France's current Fifth Republic.

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The group of ex-army personnel were angered at de Gaulle's decision to give independence to Algeria after many of their comrades had died fighting Algerian nationalists.

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Inspired in part by Charles de Gaulle's France, the push for a stronger presidency in India reflected a clear ambition to move beyond the constraints of parliamentary democracy - even if it never fully materialised.

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