Full name Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle

De Gaulle supported the development of nuclear weapons, formulated a pan-European foreign policy, tried to reduce the influence of the United States and Britain, urged France to quit NATO, opposed Britain's entry into Europe and recognized People's Republic of China (PRC). This series of ideological policies is called "Gaullism".

1959- 1969, President of the Fifth Republic of France. During his administration, he pursued an independent foreign policy and decided to establish diplomatic relations with China and quit the military organization of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Be brave in innovation in military thought and oppose conformism. As early as after the First World War, he published a paper on the mobility of combat operations in future wars and the necessity for tanks to cooperate with the air force and infantry. He advocated the establishment of a mechanized professional army with about 654.38+10,000 people and active offensive ability in France, but it was not taken seriously by the authorities.

Charles de Gaulle served as President for two consecutive terms (1 1 year). He is absorbed in foreign affairs. He has always opposed American control over France and demanded to share decision-making power with the United States and Britain within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. After this request was rejected by the United States, he revoked NATO's command of the French air force and fleet and then withdrew from NATO. Forcing the United States to withdraw its troops and bases in France. De Gaulle opposed the nuclear monopoly policy of big countries. France successfully manufactured its own atomic bomb in March 1960, and gradually developed into an independent nuclear containment force that cannot be ignored. De Gaulle made full use of France's veto power to exclude Britain from the European economic entity, thus taking the European economic entity as a tool of his foreign policy and developing into an independent political force. Charles de Gaulle advocated "relaxation and cooperation" between the East and the West, visited the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, and began to conduct trade and cultural exchanges with the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. 1964 65438+ 10, France declared the establishment of diplomatic relations with the people of China despite the fact that the United States and most of its allies only recognized the Kuomintang government in Taiwan Province province. At the press conference, de Gaulle said: France has to consider the fact that nothing can be done in Asia without China's participation.

Compared with diplomacy, Charles de Gaulle's achievements in internal affairs are quite inferior. In the early years when he regained power, he eased inflation and stabilized the currency by issuing public bonds. Reduce administrative expenses, increase business tax, and lift official control over business, so that the gross national product will increase year by year and the country's gold and dollar reserves will increase. Later, Charles de Gaulle threw out one plan after another, trying to make the French economy strong, but none of them succeeded. At 1967, the situation deteriorated sharply. The unemployment rate has risen sharply, factories have been closed or underemployed, and workers and staff have held demonstrations and strikes. 1968 In May, a large-scale student and worker movement suddenly broke out, which caused Charles de Gaulle's prestige to drop sharply. On April 27th of the following year, in order to gain the support of voters, Charles de Gaulle put the local regional reform plan and the Senate reform plan into a referendum. As a result, he was disappointed, and 52% of the voters opposed his reform plan. De Gaulle immediately announced his resignation and issued a brief statement: "I will stop performing the duties of the President of the Republic of China. This decision will take effect at noon today. "