| Felix Gouin | |
|---|---|
| President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic | |
| In office 26 January 1946 – 24 June 1946 |
|
| Preceded by | Charles de Gaulle |
| Succeeded by | Georges Bidault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1884 Peypin, France |
| Died | 25 October 1977 (aged 93) Nice, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist |
Félix Gouin (French: [feliks ɡwɛ̃]; 1884–1977) was a French Socialist politician, member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).
Félix Gouin was born in Peypin, Bouches-du-Rhône, the son of school teachers. He studied law in Aix-en-Provence.
In 1940 he was among the minority of parliamentarians refusing to grant full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain.
During the war, he was part of the central committee which reconstituted the Human Rights League and also co-founded the Brutus Network, a Socialist Resistance group.
In 1946, he then succeeded Charles de Gaulle as head of the French Provisional Government. Gouin's tenure as prime minister was arguably most notable for seeing the enactment of France’s first ever compulsory, amply funded retirement and worker’s compensation laws.[1]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles de Gaulle |
Chairman of the Provisional Government of France 1946 |
Succeeded by Georges Bidault |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||