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Since the end of World War II, France has been governed by a succession of democratically elected governments. The country's most notable postwar political figure was the late general and president, Charles de Gaulle. General de Gaulle was elected president of France in 1958, shortly after the establishment of the Fifth Republic. After successive governmental crises marred the Fourth Republic (1946-1958), the Fifth Republic instituted several constitutional changes to...

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