 Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France ; 11 Ndira 1907 18 Gumiguru 1982, anozivikanwa sePMF, aive wezvematongerwo enyika weFrance akashanda seMutungamiri weKanzuru yeVashandi akaenzana muFrench Fourth Republic kune Mutungamiriri weHurumende kwemwedzi misere kubva muna 1954 kusvika muna 1955. Iye aimiririra Radical Party, uye hurumende yake yakanga iine tsigiro yeCommunist Party. Chinhu chake chikuru chaiva chokugumisa hondo muIndochina, iro rakanga ratodya vanhu 92 000 vakafa, 114 000 vakakuvadzwa uye 28 000 vakatorwa kurutivi rweFrance. Nzvero dzokufunga kwavanhu dzakaratidza kuti, muna February 1954, 7 bedzi yavanhu veFrance vaida kupfuuridzira hondo yokudzorera Indochina mumaoko emaKomonisiti, akatungamirirwa naHo Chi Minh neboka rake reViet Minh. Pamusangano weGeneva wa1954, akaita chibvumirano chakapa maViet Minh kutonga kweVietnam kuchamhembe kweparera gumi nemanomwe, uye akavabvumira kubvisa mauto ose eFrance. United States yakabva yapa South Vietnam rubatsiro rwakakura mune zvemari, zvechiuto uye zveupfumi. 