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René Coty
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René Coty

1882 – 1962 · aged 80

17th President of the French Republic (1882–1962)

Born
20 Mar 1882 · Le Havre
Died
22 Nov 1962 · Le Havre

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 92 years
  1. 20 Mar 1882BornBorn in Le Havre
  2. 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
  3. 1945 – 1948RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  4. 1947 – 1948RoleMinister of Reconstruction and Urban Development
  5. 1948 – 1953RoleSenator of the French Fifth Republic
  6. 1949 – 1954RoleSubstitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  7. 1954 – 1959RoleFrench co-prince of Andorra
  8. 1954AwardGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
  9. 1954 – 1959RolePresident of the French Republic
  10. 1954AwardGrand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders
  11. 1954AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles
  12. 1955AwardKnight of the Order of the Elephant
  13. 1957AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  14. 22 Nov 1962DiedDied in Le Havre

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1882 – 1962).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  5. 1917Balfour Declaration
  6. 1917February Revolution
  7. 1917October Revolution
  8. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  9. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  10. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  11. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  12. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  14. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  15. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1938Munich Agreement
  17. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  18. 1939 – 1945World War II
  19. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  20. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  21. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  22. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  23. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  24. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  25. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  26. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  28. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  29. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  31. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  32. 1956Suez Crisis
  33. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  35. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis

Biography

Gustave Jules René Coty (French: [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.

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