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President de Gaulle of France resigns

29/04/2015 GMT

President de Gaulle resigns

BBC World Service - Witness History, President de Gaulle resigns

In April 1969, France's great statesman, Charles de Gaulle, resigned as president

On 28 April 1969, the general who had dominated French politics for almost 30 years, Charles de Gaulle, resigned as president. Witness looks back at his life and legacy.

On 28th April 1969, the general who had dominated French politics for almost 30 years, Charles de Gaulle, resigned as president. With the help of de Gaulle's biographer, Jonathan Fenby, Witness looks back at the life and legacy of the man who twice saved France.

(Photo: General Charles de Gaulle in 1940 at the BBC delivering his historic speech asking the French people to fight Germany. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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