René Coty

*His Excellency*

René Coty

*The French President*
His Excellency; René Coty; The French President
	René Coty in 1954
President of France
	In office; 16 January 1954 – 8 January 1959
Prime Minister	Joseph Laniel; Pierre Mendes-France; Edgar Faure; Guy Mollet; Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury; Félix Gaillard; Pierre Pflimlin; Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by	Vincent Auriol
Succeeded by	Charles de Gaulle
Member of the Senate
	In office; 7 November 1948 – 23 December 1953
Constituency	Seine-Maritime
	In office; 14 January 1936 – 1 January 1944
Constituency	Seine-Maritime
Minister of Reconstruction and Urban Development
	In office; 24 November 1947 – 7 September 1948
Prime Minister	Robert Schuman; André Marie
Preceded by	Jean Letourneau
Succeeded by	Eugène Claudius-Petit
Member of the National Assembly
	In office; 21 October 1945 – 19 November 1948
Constituency	Seine-Maritime
	In office; 10 June 1923 – 31 May 1935
Constituency	Seine-Maritime
Personal details
Born	Jules Gustave René Coty; 20 March 1882; Le Havre, France
Died	22 November 1962 (aged 80); Le Havre, France
Nationality	French
Political party	Radical-Socialist Party; (1908–1923); Democratic Alliance; (1923–1940); Independent; (1940–1949); National Centre of Independents and Peasants; (1949–1962)
Spouse(s)	Germaine Corblet (b.1886) (m. 1907⁠–⁠1955); her death
Children	Geneviève (1907–1987); Anne-Marie (1909–1987)
Alma mater	University of Caen Normandy
Profession	Lawyer
Awards	Legion of Honour
Military service
Allegiance	France
Branch/service	French Army
Years of service	1914–1918
Rank	Soldier
Unit	129th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I: Battle of Verdun (1916);

Jules Gustave René Coty (French pronunciation: [ʁəne kɔti]; 20 March 1882 – 22 November 1962) was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president of the Fourth French Republic.^[1]

References

↑ "René Coty, Ex-President of France, Dies at 80". The Victoria Advocate, Texas. Associated Press (AP). 23 November 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2014. An AP obituary of René Coty, 23 November 1962.

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[1] "René Coty, Ex-President of France, Dies at 80". The Victoria Advocate, Texas. Associated Press (AP). 23 November 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2014. An AP obituary of René Coty, 23 November 1962.

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v t e Presidents of France
Styled President of the Republic since 1848, except from 1940 to 1944 (Chief of State) and 1944 to 1947 (Chairman of the Provisional Government)
First Republic (1792–1804)	National Convention Directory Consulate
Second Republic (1848–1852)	Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure Executive Commission Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Government of National Defense (1870–1871)	Louis-Jules Trochu
Third Republic (1871–1940)	Adolphe Thiers Patrice de MacMahon Jules Grévy Sadi Carnot Jean Casimir-Perier Félix Faure Émile Loubet Armand Fallières Raymond Poincaré Paul Deschanel Alexandre Millerand Gaston Doumergue Paul Doumer Albert Lebrun
Vichy France (1940–1944)	Philippe Pétain
Provisional Government (1944–1947)	Charles de Gaulle Félix Gouin Georges Bidault Vincent Auriol Léon Blum
Fourth Republic (1947–1958)	Vincent Auriol René Coty
Fifth Republic (1958–present)	Charles de Gaulle Alain Poher* Georges Pompidou Alain Poher* Valéry Giscard d'Estaing François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande Emmanuel Macron
Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics. Acting heads of state are denoted by an asterisk. Millerand held the presidency in an acting capacity before being fully elected.