Fifth Republic
Americannoun
noun
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Not content with mere parliamentary preeminence, de Gaulle quickly fashioned a Fifth Republic with a semimonarchical presidency to which he was elected the following year, an office he would hold for a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Under the political system of France's Fifth Republic, the president is elected for five years and then appoints a prime minister whose choice of cabinet is then appointed by the president.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
The only other president during the course of France's 64-year-old Fifth Republic to be convicted by a court was Sarkozy's conservative predecessor, the late Jacques Chirac, who was found guilty of corruption in 2011.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2023
Only once since France’s Fifth Republic was established in 1958 has a government fallen in a no-confidence vote.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
France’s strong presidential powers are a legacy from Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s desire to have a stable political system for the Fifth Republic he established in 1958.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
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