S9.com / Biographies /
Bidault, Georges
1899 - Born on the 5th of October in Moulins, Auvergne.
Studied in the Sorbonne and became a college history teacher.
1932 - Co-founder of the Catholic Association of French Youth and the left-wing anti-fascist newspaper l'Aube.
1941 - He joined the Liberté group of French Resistance.
Chairman of Conseil National de la Résistance and after Gestapo captured Moulin.
1944 - He formed a Resistance Charter that recommended an extensive post-war reform program.
1946 - Provisional president of France.
1949-1950 - Served as Prime minister of France.
1950-1951 - Became the Vice-president of the Council.
1952 - Bidault became a honorary president of MRP.
1953 - He became a presidential candidate but withdrew after the second round.
1958 - Once again he served as Prime Minister.
1961 - Became a president of the Executive Council of the Rally for the French Algeria
- In June he was accused of conspiring against the state.
1967 - He moved to Belgium.
1968 - Returned to France after he had received an amnesty.
1983 - Georges Bidault died on 5th of October in Cambo-les-Bains.
Page last updated: 1:44am, 25 |



