Charles de Gaulle was Prime Minister of the Fifth French Republic.
The Fifth Republic , France 's current republican system of government , was established by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958 .. France. France. Charles de Gaulle. Charles de Gaulle. Constitution of the Fifth Republic. Constitution of the Fifth Republic. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the Fourth Republic , replacing the former parliamentary republic with a semi-presidential , or dual-executive , system that split powers between a prime minister as head of government and a president as head of state .. semi-presidential. semi-presidential. republic. republic. Fourth Republic. French Fourth Republic. parliamentary republic. parliamentary republic. prime minister. prime minister. head of government. head of government. head of state. head of state. De Gaulle , who was the first president elected under the Fifth Republic in December 1958 , believed in a strong head of state , which he described as embodying l'esprit de la nation -LRB- `` the spirit of the nation '' -RRB- .. head of state. head of state. first president elected under the Fifth Republic. List of Presidents of France#French Fifth Republic ( 1958–present ). The Fifth Republic is France 's third-longest political regime , after the hereditary and feudal monarchies of the -LRB- -- 1792 -RRB- and the parliamentary Third Republic -LRB- 1870 -- 1940 -RRB- .. France. France. hereditary. hereditary monarchy. feudal monarchies. feudal monarchies. Third Republic. French Third Republic