<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> is proclaimed as the first President of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Fifth Republic">French Fifth Republic</a>.<sup about="#mwt160" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-30"}}' id="cite_ref-30" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_8#cite_note-30" id="mw_Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 30;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_g">[30]</span></a></sup>
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