Timeline
1890, November 22 - Birth in Lille, France
1913 - Join the infantry
1914 - 1918 - Fight in World War I
1916 - Get captured during WWI
1927 - Promoted major
1939 - 1945 - Fight in World War II
1940 - Promoted brigadier general; become undersecretary of war
1940, June - Flee to London
1943, June - Become co-president with Gen. Henri Giraud of the
French Committee of National Liberation at Algiers.
1944, June - The French Committee of National Liberation becomes provisional government of France
1945, November - Elected provisional president of France
1946, January - Resign
1947 - Become head of the party Rassemblement du Peuple Français(Rally of the French People)
1953 - Dissolve RPF and retire
1959 January - Inaugurated as the first president of the Fifth Republic
1965 - Re-elected as president
1969 - Resign
1970, November 9 - Death in Colombey-les-deux-Églises
1913 - Join the infantry
1914 - 1918 - Fight in World War I
1916 - Get captured during WWI
1927 - Promoted major
1939 - 1945 - Fight in World War II
1940 - Promoted brigadier general; become undersecretary of war
1940, June - Flee to London
1943, June - Become co-president with Gen. Henri Giraud of the
French Committee of National Liberation at Algiers.
1944, June - The French Committee of National Liberation becomes provisional government of France
1945, November - Elected provisional president of France
1946, January - Resign
1947 - Become head of the party Rassemblement du Peuple Français(Rally of the French People)
1953 - Dissolve RPF and retire
1959 January - Inaugurated as the first president of the Fifth Republic
1965 - Re-elected as president
1969 - Resign
1970, November 9 - Death in Colombey-les-deux-Églises