What is René Coty?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = ''[[His Excellency]]'' | honorific_suffix = ''The [[President of France|French President]]'' | name = René Coty | image = René Coty - 1954.jpg | caption = René Coty in 1954 | party = [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist Party]]<br>{{small|(1908–1923)}}<br>[[Democratic Republican Alliance|Democratic Alliance]]<br>{{small|(1923–1940)}}<br>[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br>{{small|(1940–1949)}}<br>[[National Centre of Independents and Peasants]]<br>{{small|(1949–1962)}} | office1 = [[President of France]] | predecessor1 = [[Vincent Auriol]] | primeminister1 = [[Joseph Laniel]]<br>[[Pierre Mendes-France]]<br>[[Edgar Faure]]<br>[[Guy Mollet]]<br>[[Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury]]<br>[[Félix Gaillard]]<br>[[Pierre Pflimlin]]<br>[[Charles de Gaulle]] | successor1 = [[Charles de Gaulle]] | birth_name = Jules Gustave René Coty | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1882|3|20}} | birth_place = [[Le Havre]], [[French Third Republic|France]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1962|11|22|1882|3|20}} | death_place = Le Havre, France | nationality = [[French nationality law|French]] | spouse = {{Marriage|[[:fr:Germaine Coty|Germaine Corblet]] (b.1886)|1907|1955}}; her death | children = Geneviève {{small|(1907–1987)}}<br>Anne-Marie {{small|(1909–1987)}} | alma_mater = [[University of Caen Normandy]] | profession = [[Lawyer]] | allegiance = {{Flagicon|France}} [[French Third Republic|France]] | branch = [[French Army]] | serviceyears = 1914–1918 | rank = [[Soldier]] | unit = 129th [[Infantry]] Regiment | battles = '''[[World War I]]''': * [[Battle of Verdun]] (1916) | awards = [[Legion of Honour]] | term_start1 = 16 January 1954 | term_end1 = 8 January 1959 | office2 = [[Senate (France)|Member of the Senate]] | term_start2 = 7 November 1948 | term_end2