French Fifth Republic

French Republic République française
Flag Emblem
Motto: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" (French) "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
Location of  metropolitan France  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Capital and largest city	Paris 48°51.4′N 2°21.05′E / 48.8567°N 2.35083°E / 48.8567; 2.35083
Official language and national language	French[upper-roman 1]
Government	Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President	Emmanuel Macron
• Prime Minister	Élisabeth Borne
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Establishment
• Current constitution	4 October 1958 (66 years)
Currency	Euro (EUR) CFP franc (XPF)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Calling code	+33[upper-roman 2]
ISO 3166 code	FR
Internet TLD	.fr[upper-roman 3]

The Fifth Republic (French: Cinquième République), France's current republican system of government, was created by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958.^[1]

The Fifth Republic was created after the collapse of the Fourth Republic, replacing the former parliamentary republic with a semi-presidential (or dual-executive) system^[2] that split powers between a prime minister as head of government and a president as head of state.^[3]
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1. ↑ "Important dérogation transitoire aux dispositions de l'article 90 de la Constitution" (in French). LegiFrance. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-06..
2. ↑ Lessig, lawernvnce (1993). "The Path of the Presidency". East European Constitutional Review. Fall 1993 / Winter 1994 (2/3): 104 – via Chicago Unbound, University of Chicago Law School.
3. ↑ Richburg, Keith B. (25 September 2000). "French President's Term Cut to Five Years". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 February 2017.