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René-Jules-Gustave Coty
b. 20 Mar 1882, Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure
d. 22 Nov 1962, Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure |
| Title: |
Président de la République (President of the Republic) |
| Term: |
16 Jan 1954 - 8 Jan 1959 |
| Chronology: |
23 Dec 1953, elected, joint session of the Parlement (styled Congrès), salle du Congrès, Palais de Versailles [1] |
|
16 Jan 1954,
assumed the functions of office, public ceremony, salle des Fêtes, Palais de l'Elysée, Paris [2] |
|
8 Jan 1959, expiration of term |
| Biography: |
| Received degrees in law and philosophy from the University of Caen; worked as lawyer at Le Havre (1902); district counselor (1907); municipal counselor at Le Havre (1908); general counselor of Seine-Inferieure (1919) and vice president of the General Council of Seine-Inferieure (1931); elected to the Chambre des députés (Chamber of Deputies) as a representative of Seine-Inferieure (1923-1935); sat with the left Republicans; vice president of the committee for marine and committee for state reform in the Chammber of Deputies; elected to the Sénat from Seine-Inferieure (1935-1940); remained relatively inactive during World War II; elected to the Assemblée constituante [Constituent Assembly] (1945-1946) and Assemblée nationale [National Assembly] (1946-1947); minister of reconstruction and town planning (24 Nov 1947 - 11 Sep 1948) in the governments of Robert Schuman and André Marie; elected to one of the chambers of Parlement, Conseil de la République [Council of Republic] from Seine-Inferieure (1948-1953); vice president of the Council of Republic (1948-1953); elected President of the Republic (23 Dec 1953); was less active in trying to influence policy than his predecessor, Vincent Auriol; following the army coups in Algeria and Corsica, faced political crisis of May 1958; threatened to resign (29 May 1958) if Charles de Gaulle is not approved by the National Assembly as President of the Council of Ministers; constitution of the Cinquième République (Fifth Republic) was approved in a referendum (1958); member of the Conseil constitutionnel [Constitutional Council] (1959-1962). |
| Biographical sources:
"René Coty, tel qu'en lui-même", by Francis de Baecque (Paris: STH, 1991). |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
17 Dec 1953 |
18 Dec 1953 |
19 Dec 1953 |
20 Dec 1953 |
| 1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th
|
8th |
| Marcel-Edmond Naegelen |
160 |
299 |
313 |
344 |
312 |
306 |
303 |
381 |
| Joseph-René Laniel |
155 |
276 |
358 |
408 |
374 |
397 |
407 |
430 |
| Georges-Augustin Bidault |
131 |
143 |
2 |
- |
13 |
- |
1 |
2 |
| Yvon-Pierre-Stanislas Delbos |
129 |
185 |
225 |
42 |
- |
- |
3 |
5 |
| Paul-Jacques Kalb |
114 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Gilles-Marcel Cachin |
113 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jacques Fourcade |
62 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| François-Xavier-Stanislas-Horace-Jean-Antoine-Marie-René-Pierre-Anthiome Médecin |
54 |
- |
6 |
45 |
197 |
171 |
156 |
9 |
| André Cornu |
- |
- |
1 |
35 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
| Antoine Pinay |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
25 |
| Louis-Lucien-Raymond Jacquinot |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
14 |
| Pierre Montel |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
| René-Jules-Gustave Coty |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
| Charles-André-Joseph-Marie de Gaulle |
- |
6 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
5 |
| Jules-Vincent Auriol |
- |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
8 |
| Jean [?] Nouveau |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Édouard-Marie Herriot |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
| René Pleven |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
3 |
| Gaston-Charles-François Monnerville |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Antoine-Henri Queuille |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
| François-Xavier-Marie-Victor Reille-Soult-Dalmatie, duc de Dalmatie |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Jacques-Sébastien Gavini
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
| Jean-Jacques Juglas |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
| Pierre-Guy Coulon |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Auguste-Lous-Marie Durand |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Marie-Joseph-Pierre-François Koenig |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Ferdinand Lop |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| François Mauriac |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Auguste-Alain-Georges Pernot |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Warma |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Roger-Benoît [?] Duchet |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
de Freyssinette
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| Alphonse-Pierre Juin |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| Marcel-Xavier Massot |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| Joseph Wasmer |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| unidentified |
10 |
- |
- |
44 |
25 |
31 |
- |
- |
| blank/invalid |
4 |
4 |
9 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
15 |
| total votes cast |
932 |
927 |
931 |
928 |
926 |
913 |
922 |
918 |
| absolute majority |
467 |
464 |
466 |
465 |
464 |
457 |
462 |
460 |
| Candidate |
| 21 Dec 1953 |
21 Dec 1953 |
23 Dec 1953 |
23 Dec 1953 |
23 Dec 1953 |
| 9th |
10th |
11th |
12th |
13th |
| Marcel-Edmond Naegelen |
365 |
358 |
372 |
333 |
329 |
| Joseph-René Laniel |
413 |
392 |
12 |
- |
- |
| Louis-Lucien-Raymond Jacquinot |
- |
- |
338 |
26 |
21 |
| Pierre Montel |
103 |
84 |
- |
- |
- |
| René-Jules-Gustave Coty |
- |
- |
71 |
431 |
477 |
| Georges-Augustin Bidault |
- |
- |
12 |
- |
- |
| Pierre-Eugène-Jean Pflimlin |
- |
- |
12 |
- |
- |
| Marie-Joseph-Pierre-François Koenig |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
| unidentified |
28 |
33 |
53 |
92 |
44 |
| blank/invalid |
7 |
31 |
17 |
16 |
13 |
| total votes cast |
916 |
898 |
897 |
898 |
884 |
| absolute majority |
459 |
450 |
449 |
450 |
443 |
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| [1] |
JORF - Débats parlementaires, No. ?, ? Dec 1953, pp. ??. |
| [2] |
JORF - Lois et décrets, No. 13, 17 Jan 1954, pp. 658-659; Le Monde, No. 2793, 17-18 Jan 1954, pp. 1-2. |
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Image: Agence France-Presse. |
