Vincent Auriol
President of the Republic · 1947-1954 · born on 27 August 1884, died on 1 January 1966
A socialist, Vincent Auriol became in 1947 the first president of the Fourth Republic. His presidency opened in the Cold War and at the start of the Indochina War.
He did not stand again in 1954 and died in 1966.
In the tree of power
- Era: Fourth Republic
- Predecessor: Charles de Gaulle (GPRF) (1944-1946)
- Successor: René Coty (1954-1959)