premise: Charles de Gaulle was Prime Minister of the Fifth French Republic.
hypothesis: Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( [ ʃaʁl də ɡol ] ; 22 November 1890 -- 9 November 1970 ) was a French general and statesman . He was the leader of Free France ( 1940 -- 44 ) and the head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic ( 1944 -- 46 ) . In 1958 , he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the President of France , a position he held until his resignation in 1969 .