Georges Bidault
| Georges Bidault | |
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| President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic | |
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In office 24 June 1946 – 14 October 1946 |
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| Preceded by | Félix Gouin |
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Office abolished (Replaced by the Prime Minister) |
| 82nd Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 14 October 1946 – 28 November 1946 |
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| Preceded by | Félix Gouin |
| Succeeded by | Léon Blum |
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In office 28 October 1949 – 2 July 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Henri Queuille |
| Succeeded by | Henri Queuille |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 5, 1899 Moulins, France |
| Died | 27 January 1983 (aged 83) Cambo-les-Bains, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Popular Republican Movement |
| Occupation | Teacher, Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Georges-Augustin Bidault (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ bido]; 5 October 1899 – 27 January 1983) was a French politician. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. After the war, he served as foreign minister and prime minister on several occasions before he joined the Organisation armée secrète.
Bidault was born in Moulins, Allier. He studied in the Sorbonne and became a college history teacher. In 1932 he helped to found the Catholic Association of French Youth and the left-wing anti-fascist newspaper l'Aube. He had a column in the paper and, among other things, protested against the Munich Agreement in 1938.
After the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the French army. He was captured during the Fall of France and was briefly imprisoned. After his release in July 1941, he became a teacher at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and joined the Liberté group of French Resistance that eventually merged with Combat. Jean Moulin recruited him to organize an underground press and the Combat underground newspaper.
In his work in the resistance, he was helped by his private administrative assistant Laure Diebold.
Bidault participated in the forming of the Conseil National de la Résistance and, after the Gestapo captured Moulin, he became its new chairman. In 1944 he formed a Resistance Charter that recommended an extensive post-war reform program. After the liberation of Paris he represented the Resistance in the victory parade. Charles de Gaulle appointed him as a foreign minister of his provisional government on 25 August. He was the founder of the Mouvement Républicain Populaire (MRP).
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