This person pardoned Communist Maurice Thorez, after which Thorez gave a speech supporting him.
This person pardoned Communist Maurice Thorez, after which Thorez gave a speech supporting him. After Maurice Papon's police massacred over 70 people in 1961, this man helped cover it up and he resigned following student protests in May, 1968. This man's boycott of the European Community caused the Empty Chair crisis and he negotiated the Evian Accords that eventually led to Algerian independence. For 10 points, name this French politician who established the Fifth Republic after leading Free French forces during World War II.
This person pardoned Communist Maurice Thorez, after which Thorez gave a speech supporting him.
Charles de Gaulle