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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French army officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy... Wikipedia
Born: November 22, 1890, Lille, France
Died: November 9, 1970 (age 79 years), Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France
Presidential terms: June 3, 1944 – January 20, 1946 and January 8, 1959 – April 28, 1969
Spouse: Yvonne de Gaulle (m. 1921–1970)
Height: 6′ 5″
Parents: Henri de Gaulle and Jeanne Maillot de Gaulle