Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 22. November 1890 |
Geburtsort | Lille, France |
Todesort | Colombey-les-Deux-Églises |
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Beschreibung | Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (/də ˈɡoʊl, -ˈɡɔːl/; French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də ɡol]; (abbreviated CDG) 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France. In 1958, he came out of retirement when appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position to which he was reelected in 1965 and held until his resignation in 1969. |
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
Old age is a shipwreck.
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
