French Fifth Republic

since 1958 · up to 11,258 thousand km² · Africa, Europe

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Capital: Paris

The French Fifth Republic is France's current republican system of government. It was established on 4 October 1958 by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.

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Predecessors: French Fourth Republic

Rulers

Franks and France: Fourth Republic 1946 – 1958, Fifth Republic since 1958

Events on its territory

1961 Berlin Wall built
1968 May 1968 in France
1977 Last execution by guillotine
1980 Smallpox declared eradicated
1989 Invention of the World Wide Web
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
2012 Discovery of the Higgs boson