753 Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
President of the French Republic, general

✶ 22 November 1890 in Lille
✟ 9 November 1970 at La Boisserie, Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 8 May 1963

motto

France libre (Free France)

shield

Painted 1990 by Bengt Olof Kälde.

other awards

None

Biography

Brigadier General 1940
Head of government 1944-1947
President of the Council of Ministers 1958-1959
President of the French Republic 1959-1969
Received the order at King Gustaf VI Adolfs state visit to France.

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