Charles de Gaulle
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 Charles de Gaulle    (politician) | |
|---|---|
| Founder of | Gaullism |
| Interest of | Elf Aquitaine |
Contents
Quotes by Charles de Gaulle
| Page | Quote | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers putsch of 1961 | “An insurrectionary power has established itself in Algeria by a military pronunciamento... This power has an appearance: a quartet of retired generals. It has a reality: a group of officers, partisan, ambitious and fanatical. This group and this quartet possess an expedient and limited knowledge of things. But they only see and understand the Nation and the world distorted by their delirium. Their enterprise leads directly towards a national disaster ... I forbid any Frenchman, and first of all any soldier, to execute a single one of their orders ... In the face of the misfortune which hangs over the country and the threat to the Republic, having taken advice from the Constitutional Council, the Prime Minister, the president of the Senate, the president of the National Assembly, I have decided to invoke article 16 of the Constitution [on the state of emergency and full special powers given to the head of state in case of a crisis]. Starting from this day, I will take, directly if the need arises, the measures which seem to me demanded by circumstances ... Frenchwomen, Frenchmen! Assist me!” | 1961 | |
| Walter Hallstein | “He was ardently wedded to the thesis of the super-State, and bent all his skilful efforts towards giving the Community the character and appearance of one. He had made Brussels, where he resided, into a sort of capital. There he sat, surrounded with all the trappings of sovereignty, directing his colleagues, allocating jobs among them, controlling several thousand officials who were appointed, promoted and remunerated at his discretion, receiving the credentials of foreign ambassadors, laying claim to high honors on the occasion of his official visits, concerned above all to further the amalgamation of the Six, believing that the pressure of events would bring about what he envisaged.” | 1971 | Mémoires d'Espoir, page 184 |
Appointments by Charles de Gaulle
| Appointee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Fontanet | France/Secretary of State for Industry and Commerce | 8 January 1959 | 5 February 1960 |
| Joseph Fontanet | France/Minister/Health | 24 August 1961 | 15 May 1962 |
Event Witnessed
| Event | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 68 | France | 7 weeks of civil unrest in France |
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