Claim: Charles de Gaulle lost all elections for President of the Fifth French Republic.
Evidence: In 1958 , he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the President of France , a position he held until his resignation in 1969.
De Gaulle , who was the first president elected under the Fifth Republic in December 1958 , believed in a strong head of state , which he described as embodying l'esprit de la nation -LRB- `` the spirit of the nation '' -RRB-.