Félix Gouin

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Felix Gouin
In office
26 January 1946 – 24 June 1946
Preceded by Charles de Gaulle
Succeeded by Georges Bidault
Born 4 October 1884
Peypin, France
Died October 25, 1977 (aged 93)
Nice, France
Nationality French
Political party Socialist

Félix Gouin (French pronunciation: [feliks ɡwɛ̃]; 4 October 1884 - 25 October 1977) was a French Socialist politician, member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).

[edit] Personal life

Félix Gouin was born in Peypin, Bouches-du-Rhône, the son of school teachers. He studied law in Aix-en-Provence.

In 1940 he was among the minority of parliamentarians refusing to grant full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain.

During the war, he was part of the central committee which reconstituted the Human Rights League and also co-founded the Brutus Network, a Socialist Resistance group.

In 1946, he then succeeded Charles de Gaulle as head of the French Provisional Government.

[edit] Government (26 January - 24 June 1946)

Political offices
Preceded by
Charles de Gaulle		 Chairman of the Provisional Government of France
1946		 Succeeded by
Georges Bidault
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